Court Cases
Southern Christian Leadership Conference v. Louisiana Supreme Court
A coalition of community activists, students, and law professors - represented by the Brennan Center for Justice and local counsel - filed a lawsuit in federal district court against the Louisiana Supreme Court over the Court’s amendments to Rule XX, the Court’s rule governing the practice of law by law clinic students.
– 04/19/99
United States Department of Commerce v. United States House of Representatives
The Center filed an amicus brief defending the Census Bureau’s use of statistical sampling to remedy the undercounting of minorities.
– 01/25/99
Abdul-Matiyn v. Coughlin
– 12/31/98
Russell v. Burris; Arkansas Right to Life v. Butler
The Center represented proponents of Arkansas’ 1996 ballot initiative on campaign finance in defending the initiative in two lawsuits in which it was challenged.
– 06/04/98
Republican National Committee v. Federal Election Committee
The Republican National Committee challenged the Federal Election Commission’s regulations governing “soft money.”
– 05/12/98
Kruse v. Cincinnati
In 1998, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit struck down a City of Cincinnati Ordinance placing a $140,000 limit on city council campaign expenditures.
– 04/27/98
State of Alaska v. Jacobus
In October 2001, the Center, representing Senators John McCain and Russ Feingold and Representatives Christopher Shays and Martin Meehan, filed an amicus brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
– 02/27/98