NAACP v. O’Connor

ICAP successfully represented the Oklahoma State Conference of the NAACP in a challenge to an Oklahoma anti-protest law enacted in 2021.

Status

Successful resolution

Court

W.D. Ok. No. 21-cv-00859

10th Circuit No. 21-6156

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Spiegel v. Board of Education of Howard County

ICAP successfully represented the Board of Education of Howard County, Maryland, in its defense against a lawsuit in state court seeking to invalidate a statutorily defined position on the board for a voting student member.

Status

Decision issued

Court

Md. Court of Appeals No. COA-REG-0018-2021

Howard County Circuit No. C-13-CV-20-000954

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Nicholson v. City of Gary, Indiana; Serbon v. City of East Chicago

ICAP served as lead counsel for the City of Gary, Indiana, in defending its "Welcoming City" ordinance against a major legal challenge.

Status

Decision issued

Court

Lake County Superior Court No. 45D05-1802-MI-00014

N.D. Ill. No. 18-00257

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Bishop of Charleston v. Adams

ICAP represented the South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and the Orangeburg County School District in an intervention to protect the integrity of public-school funding.

Status

Brief filed

Court

4th Circuit No. 21-1912

D. S.C. No. 2:21-cv-01093-BHH

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ICAP v. Baltimore Police Department

ICAP filed a lawsuit against the Baltimore City Police Department (BPD) to uncover how the department handles fee waiver requests under the Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA).

Status

Successful Resolution

Court

Baltimore City Circuit No. 24C21000162

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E.W. v. Wilkins

ICAP represented a Michigan high school student, E.W., in a federal civil rights lawsuit against an assistant principal and a school resource officer following a violent physical encounter.

Status

Decision issued

Court

6th Circuit No. 20-1790

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J.W. v. Paley

ICAP represented Jevon Washington, a Texas high school student with intellectual disabilities, in a high-stakes civil rights lawsuit against a school resource officer (SRO) who repeatedly tased him.

Status

Decision issued

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 23-931

5th Circuit No. 19-20429 / 21-20671

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Herrera v. Cleveland

ICAP represented Justin Herrera, a pre-trial detainee at Cook County Jail, in a federal civil rights lawsuit and a subsequent petition to the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Herrera sought to hold three correctional officers accountable for failing to protect him from a brutal assault by other detainees and for denying him prompt medical care.

Status

Cert denied

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 21-771

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E.B. v. Pompeo

ICAP successfully represented two aspiring immigrants and their families in a challenge to the "Passport Rule"—a 2019 policy that required applicants to possess a valid passport just to enter the Diversity Visa lottery.

Status

Successful resolution

Court

D.D.C. No. 19-cv-02856

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Trump v. Thompson

ICAP assisted the House Select Committee to investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol in its defense against a lawsuit by Donald Trump seeking to enjoin the release of Presidential records from the National Archives containing White House communications relating to the events on and leading up to January 6, 2021.

Status

Decision issued

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 21A272

D.C. Circuit No. 21-5254

D.D.C. No. 21-2769

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Alfaro v. Rempusheski

ICAP represented Kevin Alfaro and Georgana Szisza in a federal lawsuit seeking to vindicate their First Amendment rights.

Status

Decision issued

Court

D. N.J. No. 21-cv-2271

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Silva v. United States

ICAP represented an incarcerated individual in a federal lawsuit against a correctional officer who assaulted him while he was fully restrained.

Status

Brief filed

Court

10th Circuit No. 21-1008

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Crane v. Utah Department of Corrections

ICAP represents a woman suing the Utah Department of Corrections under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Eighth Amendment after her grandson committed suicide while in a particularly harsh form of solitary confinement.

Status

Brief filed

Court

10th Circuit No. 20-4032

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Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center Commission v. Doe

ICAP helped preserve a win for unaccompanied migrant children suing a juvenile detention center for inadequate mental health care.

Status

Cert denied

Court

U.S. Supreme Court No. 21-48

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McGill v. City of New York

ICAP represented protesters who occupied an encampment during the summer of 2020 to advocate for police reform following the murder of George Floyd.

Status

Case concluded

Court

S.D.N.Y. No. 21-cv-08619

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Bey v. City of New York

ICAP represented firefighters Salik Bey, Terrel Joseph, Steven Seymour, and Clyde Phillips in a challenge to the New York Fire Department’s (FDNY) "clean shave" policy.

Status

Brief filed

Court

2nd Circuit No. 20-456 / 20-650

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Stroud v. Butler

ICAP successfully represented Matt Stroud, an investigative journalist and CEO of Postindustrial magazine, in a First Amendment lawsuit challenging the ban on audio-recording bail hearings in Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania.

Status

Successful resolution

Court

W.D. Pa. No. 19-cv-01289

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ICAP v. USCIS

ICAP filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to uncover the data and internal justifications behind the "Public Charge Rule", which granted the government expansive authority to deny noncitizens admission to the U.S. on the ground that they are "likely to become a "public charge"".

Status

Filed suit

Court

D.D.C. No. 21-1532

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Philadelphia Bail Fund v. Bernard

ICAP successfully represented the Philadelphia Bail Fund in a landmark First Amendment lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania court rules that prohibited the public from audio-recording bail hearings.

Status

Successful resolution

Court

3rd Circuit No. 20-1632

E.D. Pa. No. 2:19-3110

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Abolitionist Law Center v. Mariani

ICAP represented the Abolitionist Law Center (ALC) in a First Amendment challenge to the exclusionary practices of an Allegheny County judge.

Status

Administrative order issued

Court

W.D. Penn. No. 21-00285

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CASA v. Trump (2019)

ICAP successfully represented a D.C.-area immigration non-profit and two of its members in challenging an August 2019 Department of Homeland Security rule that would have given nearly unfettered discretion to immigration officials to deny green cards to low-income immigrants based on speculation that the person may, at some point over the course of a lifetime, temporarily receive a small amount of certain public benefits and thereby become a “public charge.”

Status

Decision issued

Court

4th Circuit No. 19-2222

D.Md No. 8:19-dv-02715-PWG

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Dixon v. City of St. Louis

ICAP represented a class of individuals in a landmark constitutional challenge to the wealth-based pretrial detention system in St. Louis, Missouri.

Status

Brief filed

Court

8th Circuit No. 19-2251 / 19-2254

D. Mo. No. 4:19-cv-00112

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HNLEA v. Prince George’s County

ICAP successfully represented the Prince George’s County Office of the Public Defender in a vital transparency battle to unseal evidence of systemic police misconduct.

Status

Decision issued

Court

D. Md. No. 18-cv-03821

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R.V. v. Mnuchin

ICAP represented several U.S. citizen children and their parents in a federal class-action lawsuit challenging the CARES Act's exclusion of mixed-status families from pandemic relief.

Status

Successful resolution

Court

D. Md. No. 20-cv-01148

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