ICAP represented Andrew Fields, a federal prisoner who was subjected to egregious physical abuse by prison guards who then sabotaged his efforts to file an administrative complaint.
ICAP represents numerous grantees of the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) in a challenge to the Executive Branch’s unilateral efforts to dismantle the agency.
ICAP represented a class of individuals in a federal lawsuit challenging the unconstitutional, wealth-based pretrial detention system in Hamblen County, Tennessee.
ICAP represents children in foster care in Indiana who are appealing the dismissal of their challenge to state-wide deficiencies in services and programming.
ICAP represented Brian McNeal, an individual who remained in Lousiana prison for 41 days after his release date because prison officials failed to convey his release date to the facility holding him.
ICAP represented Roxanne Torres, who was shot in the back by police who were looking for someone else, and secured a favorable settlement for Ms. Torres.
ICAP represented the homeless residents of Grants Pass, Oregon, in a constitutional challenge to a set of ordinances that punished homeless people for sleeping or resting anywhere on public property at any time with so much as a blanket to survive the cold, regardless of whether they have anywhere else to go.
ICAP successfully represented Wisconsin taxpayers, voters, and legitimate presidential electors in a historic civil lawsuit against the individuals who orchestrated the 2020 "fake electors" scheme.
Status
Successful Resolution
Court
Wis. Court of AppealsNo. 2024AP000307 / 2024AP000308
ICAP successfully represented the Board of Education of Howard County, Maryland, in a federal constitutional challenge to the role of the Student Member of the Board (SMOB).
ICAP represented, in certain appellate proceedings, Jose Ageo Luna Vanegas and similarly situated migrant workers in a federal wage-and-hour lawsuit against Signet Builders, Inc.
ICAP represented the South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and individual members in a First Amendment challenge to South Carolina's application of its "Unauthorized Practice of Law" (UPL) statute.
After the Supreme Court granted certiorari, ICAP stepped in to represent and present oral argument on behalf of Ms. Laufer, a disabled person who was unable to access information about hotel accessibility that federal law requires the hotel to provide.
ICAP represented Rachel Harris, the guardian of Steven Jessie Harris, in a significant federal civil rights case challenging the six-year detention of an incompetent, non-convicted man in a Mississippi jail.
ICAP partnered with then-Bernalillo County District Attorney Raúl Torrez to file a pioneering civil lawsuit against the New Mexico Civil Guard, a self-styled militia.
Status
Successful resolution
Court
N.M. 2nd Judicial District CourtNo. D-202-CV-2020-04051
ICAP represented the family of Fermin Valenzuela, Jr., in a high-stakes appeal that clarified the availability of damages in federal civil rights lawsuits.
ICAP filed a brief in opposition on behalf of the respondent judicial candidate, opposing review of a Third Circuit decision holding that the Civil Rights Act of 1964's materiality provision prohibited throwing out ballots that were undated but timely filed.
