CASA v. Trump (2025)

ICAP represents a class of people for whom President Trump attempted to deny birthright citizenship by Executive Order.

Status

Decision issued

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 24A884

4th Circuit No. 25-1153 / 21-2188

D. Md. No. 25-00021

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State of Indiana ex rel. Rokita v. Marté

ICAP is defending Monroe County Sheriff Ruben Marté and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office against a lawsuit brought by the Indiana Attorney General alleging that the Sheriff must amend his immigration policy to allow for greater involvement of officers in immigration enforcement.

Status

Briefing is ongoing

Court

Monroe County Circuit Court No. 53COG-2407-PL-001733

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U.S. v. 14.259 Acres of Land in Doña Ana County, New Mexico

ICAP represents the Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces, New Mexico, in defending against the United States Government’s efforts to exercise its power of eminent domain to take Diocesan property for the purpose of building a border wall that is contrary to Catholic values and teachings on the holy site, Mount Cristo Rey.

Status

Briefing is ongoing

Court

D. N.M. No. 2:26-cv-01458-KG-GBW

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U.S. v. County of Washtenaw

ICAP is defending Washtenaw County Sheriff Alyshia Dyer and the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office against a lawsuit that challenges their policy of limiting local involvement in federal immigration enforcement.

Status

Decision issued

Court

E.D. Mich. No. 26-cv-11166

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Freedom of the Press Foundation v. Trump

ICAP represents CREW and Freedom of the Press Foundation on appeal in their challenge to the refusal of White House officials to ensure the preservation of presidential records as required by the Presidential Records Act.

Status

Briefing is ongoing

Court

D.C. Cir. No. 26-5186

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U.S. v. New Mexico

ICAP is defending the State of New Mexico and New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez in defense of a newly enacted New Mexico law, the “Immigrant Safety Act.”

Status

Briefing is ongoing

Court

D. N.M. No. 1:26-cv-01471-KG-LF

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Alkayali v. Kaler

ICAP represents three plaintiffs who were targeted for their expressive protest activity at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU).

Status

Briefing is ongoing

Court

6th Circuit No. 26-3282

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Welty v. Dunaway

ICAP represents Tennessee state representative Aftyn Behn and family law attorney Rachel Welty in a constitutional challenge to a state law that criminalizes "recruiting" a minor to obtain an abortion, even an abortion that occurs legally outside Tennessee.

Status

Awaiting Decision

Court

6th Circuit No. 24-5968 / 25-5738 / 25-5739

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Singleton v. Taylor

ICAP filed a brief opposing the Supreme Court review of a decision striking down Alabama's anti-panhandling laws as violations of the First Amendment's free speech protections.

Status

Cert denied

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 25-368

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Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America v. Finney

ICAP is challenging the constitutionality of a Tennessee law that criminalizes the harboring of undocumented immigrants, regardless of intent to conceal, if the person doing the harboring receives some financial benefit.

Status

Awaiting decision

Court

M.D. Tenn. No. 25-00684

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State of Minnesota v. U.S. Department of Justice

ICAP has partnered with the Hennepin County Attorney and Minnesota Attorney General to challenge the federal government’s attempt to block access to key evidence in the shootings by federal agents during “Operation Metro Surge.”

Status

Briefing is ongoing

Court

D.D.C. No. 1:26-cv-01007

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Mullin v. Al Otro Lado

ICAP represented the nonprofit Al Otro Lado, Inc., and a class of asylum seekers before the Supreme Court in defending a Ninth Circuit decision striking down a turnback policy under which border officers physically blocked asylum seekers arriving at ports of entry in order to prevent them from lawfully presenting their asylum claims.

Status

Decision issued

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 25-5

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Fonseca v. City of Medford

ICAP represents award-winning journalist April Fonseca in a civil rights challenge to her arrest while reporting on a police operation clearing an encampment from a park in Medford, Oregon.

Status

Awaiting Decision

Court

9th Circuit No. 25-2618

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L.G.M.L. v. Noem

ICAP is challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to unlawfully expel hundreds of unaccompanied children from the United States.

Status

Briefing is ongoing

Court

D.D.C. No. 25-2942

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Mennonite Church USA v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

ICAP represents a broad coalition of 27 national and regional faith-based organizations, including Jewish and Christian denominations, in their challenge to the Department of Homeland Security’s rescission of its long-standing “sensitive locations” policy.

Status

Awaiting Decision

Court

D.D.C. No. 25-cv-403

D.C. Cir. No. 25-5209

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Jolt v. Paxton

ICAP represents Jolt Initiative, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing civic engagement among young Latinos in Texas, in a federal challenge to a retaliatory campaign of intimidation led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Status

Decision issued

Court

W.D. Tex. No. 25-cv-1808

W.D. Tex. No. 24-cv-1089

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Bledsoe v. The Department of the Army

ICAP represented Captain Joy E. Bledsoe, a West Point graduate and active-duty U.S. Army officer, in a federal lawsuit challenging the Army’s denial of her request for conscientious objector status. Captain Bledsoe’s sincerely held Christian beliefs, which deepened during her years of service, preclude her from serving in a combatant role.

Status

Successful resolution

Court

D.D.C. No. 1:24-cv-03509

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Wolford v. Lopez

ICAP represented the State of Hawai'i in defending its law that prohibits individuals from carrying firearms onto someone else's private property unless the property owner gives verbal or written consent or posts a sign allowing such carriage against a Second Amendment challenge.

Status

Decision issued

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 24-1046

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit No. 23-16164

U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii No. 1:23-cv-265

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Ermold v. Davis

ICAP represented David Ermold and David Moore, a same-sex couple who were unlawfully denied a marriage license by then-Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, in defiance of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which established the fundamental right of same-sex couples to marry.

Status

Cert denied

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 25-125

6th Circuit No. 24-5524

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Fitzhugh v. Patton

ICAP successfully opposed Supreme Court review of a decision allowing pretrial detainees to bring Fourteenth Amendment claims challenging unconstitutional conditions of confinement.

Status

Cert denied

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 25-50

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Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley v. Paxton

ICAP represented Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV) in defending against an investigation by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton into the organization’s humanitarian services for immigrants.

Status

Successful resolution

Court

Texas 15th Court of Appeals No. 15-24-91-CV

Texas 139th District Court No. C-2639-24-C

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Rohrer v. City of Gastonia

ICAP represents Joshua Rohrer, a disabled, formerly unhoused veteran, in a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Gastonia and current or former members of its police department.

Status

Litigation stayed

Court

W.D.N.C. No. 23-cv-396

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CASA v. Mullin

ICAP represents CASA, Inc. in its challenge to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security’s unlawful attempt to terminate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for Afghanistan and Cameroon.

Status

Litigation Stayed

Court

D.Md. No. 8:25-cv-1484

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NRA v. Vullo

ICAP defended Maria Vullo, the former Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), against a lawsuit brought by the National Rifle Association (NRA).

Status

Decision issued

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 22-842

2nd Circuit No. 21-636

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