Some selected cases are cited below, sorted by protected class, with links to case summaries, complaints, briefs, settlement agreements, consent decrees, orders, and press releases, as appropriate and available. These cases also are sorted by type (e.g., harassment, higher education, and Title IX) and may be reviewed under those categories by clicking here. While we endeavor to ensure that the electronic copies of the documents on this site are complete and accurate (apart from formatting changes necessitated by the conversion to HTML format), errors or omissions may occur. The official text of any legal document is the version filed with the clerk of the court.
- County of Henrico School Board v. R.T. (E.D. Va.)
Summary Amicus Brief [PDF] Opinion [PDF]
- Jefferson Independent School District & United States v. Texas Education Agency (E.D. Tex.)
Summary Consent Decree [PDF] Order of Dismissal [PDF]
- Lee and United States v. Macon (M.D. Ala.)
Summary Consent Decree
- M.A. v. Newark Public Schools (D.N.J.)
Summary Intervention Brief [PDF] Opinion
- Steven L. v. LeMahieu (D. Haw.)
Summary Amicus Brief [PDF] Complaint in Intervention [PDF] Intervention Brief [PDF]
- United States and Ridley v. State of Georgia (Dublin City & Laurens County School Districts) (S.D. Ga.)
Summary Consent Order [PDF] Motion to Enforce [PDF] Memorandum in Support of Motion to Enforce [PDF] Opposition to Motion for Unitary Status [PDF] Motion to Join Laurens County as a Defendant [PDF] Settlement Agreement [PDF] Summary Judgment Motion Against Laurens [PDF] Summary Judgment Motion Against Dublin [PDF] Opposition to Laurens's Motion For Summary Judgment [PDF] Reply in Support of Summary Judgment Motion [PDF]
- Bound Brook Board of Education (D. N.J.)
Summary Settlement Agreement [PDF]
- Lau v. Hopp (N.D. Cal.)
Summary Consent Decree [PDF] Order to Show Cause [PDF] Response [PDF]
- Lewiston School District (D. Maine)
Summary Settlement Agreement
- United States v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago (N.D. Ill.)
Summary Modified Consent Decree [PDF] Motion to Enforce [PDF] Reply to District's Opposition [PDF] Opinion on Motion to Enforce [PDF] Motion to Show Cause [PDF] Reply to District's Opposition [PDF] Stipulated Settlement [PDF] Position Paper [PDF] Brief Requesting Court Approval of a Second Amended Consent Decree [PDF] Order Approving Settlement [PDF]
- United States v. City of New York (Lafayette High School) (E.D. N.Y.)
Summary Complaint Consent Decree [PDF] Compliance Plan [PDF]
- United States and Meyers v. San Juan County Board of Education (C.D. Utah)
Summary Complaint Settlement Agreement
- United States v. North Plainfield Board of Education (D. N.J.)
Summary Settlement Agreement- United States v. Plainfield Board of Educuation (D. N.J.)
Summary Settlement Agreement [PDF]
- United States, GI Forum and LULAC v. Texas (E.D. Tex.)
Summary Response [PDF] Memorandum Opinion [PDF]
- United States and Sinajini v. San Juan County Board of Education (C.D. Utah)
Summary Complaint Consent Decree
- United States and Yonkers Branch of the NAACP v. Yonkers Board of Education (S.D.N.Y.)
Summary Settlement Agreement [PDF]
- Ayers and United States v. Fordice (N.D. Miss.)
Summary Settlement [PDF] Final Judgment [PDF]
- Coppedge and United States v. Franklin County Board of Education (E.D. N.C.)
Summary Opposition to Motion for Unitary Status [PDF] Order Granting Partial Unitary Status [PDF] Consent Order [PDF] Consent Order Grandfathering Students [PDF]
- Davis and United States v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board (M.D. La.)
Summary Supporting Memorandum [PDF] Reply Brief [PDF] Motion to Enforce [PDF] Ruling [PDF] Settlement Agreement [PDF]
- Jefferson Independent School District & United States v. Texas Education Agency (E.D. Tex.)
Summary Consent Decree [PDF] Order of Dismissal [PDF]
- Lee and United States v. Macon (M.D. Ala.)
Summary Consent Decree
- Lee and United States v. Macon County Board of Education (Clay County) (N.D. Ala.)
Summary Consent Order [PDF] Motion to Enforce Consent Decree [PDF] Opposition to Intervention by Mellow Valley School Group [PDF] Opposition to Intervention by Bibb Graves School Group [PDF] Order Approving Consent Order [PDF]
- Madison and United States v. Sullivan County Board of Education (E.D. Tenn.)
Summary Complaint in Intervention Motion to Intervene Intervention Brief Consent Order [PDF] Press Release [PDF]
- Miller and United States v. Board of Education of Gadsden (N.D.Ala.)
Summary Consent Decree [PDF]
- Monroe and United States v. Jackson-Madison County School System Board of Education (W.D. Tenn.)
Summary Agreement Order Approving Agreement
- Smith v. Winters (M.D. Fla.)
Summary Amicus Brief
- United States v. Aberdeen Municipal Separate School District (N.D. Miss.)
Summary Consent Decree [PDF]
- United States v. Bertie County Board of Education (E.D. N.C.)
Summary Motion for Further Relief [PDF] Supporting Memorandum [PDF] Order Granting Motion for Further Relief [PDF] Consent Order [PDF] Consent Order Granting Partial Unitary Status [PDF]
- United States v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago (N.D. Ill.)
Summary Modified Consent Decree [PDF] Motion to Enforce [PDF] Reply to District's Opposition [PDF] Opinion on Motion to Enforce [PDF] Motion to Show Cause [PDF] Reply to District's Opposition [PDF] Stipulated Settlement [PDF] Position Paper [PDF] Brief Requesting Court Approval of a Second Amended Consent Decree [PDF] Order Approving Settlement [PDF]
- United States v. Calhoun County School District (D. S.C.)
Summary Consent Decree [PDF] Transfer Policy [PDF]
- United States v. Cotton Plant School District #1 (Watson Chapel School District #24) (E.D. Tex.)
Summary Motion for Further Relief [PDF] Supporting Memorandum [PDF]
- United States v. Covington County School District (S.D. Miss.)
Summary 2005 Consent Decree [PDF] 2006 Consent Decree [PDF] Motion for Further Relief [PDF] Memorandum in Support of Motion for Further Relief [PDF]
- United States and Coleman v. Midland Independent School District (W.D. Tex.)
Summary Consent Order
- United States and Hearne Independent School District v. Texas (E.D. Tex.)
Summary Motion to Enforce [PDF] Fifth Circuit Opinion [PDF]
- United States v. Lowndes County School District (N.D. Miss.)
Summary Consent Order [PDF]
- United States v. Marion County School District (M.D. Fla.)
Summary Modified Decree
- United States v. Port Arthur Independent School District (E.D. Tex.)
Summary Opposition to Motion for Unitary Status [PDF] Consent Decree [PDF]- United States and Ridley v. State of Georgia (Coweta) (N.D. Ga.)
Summary Consent Decree
- United States and Ridley v. State of Georgia (Dublin City & Laurens County School Districts) (S.D. Ga.)
Summary Consent Order [PDF] Motion to Enforce [PDF] Memorandum in Support of Motion to Enforce [PDF] Opposition to Motion for Unitary Status [PDF] Motion to Join Laurens County as a Defendant [PDF] Settlement Agreement [PDF] Summary Judgment Motion Against Laurens [PDF] Summary Judgment Motion Against Dublin [PDF] Opposition to Laurens's Motion For Summary Judgment [PDF] Reply in Support of Summary Judgment Motion [PDF]
- United States and Ridley v. State of Georgia (Meriwether) (N.D. Ga.)
Summary Consent Decree
- United States v. State of Mississippi (Simpson County School District) (S.D. Miss.)
Summary Amended Enforcement Motion [PDF] Supporting Memorandum [PDF] Reply Brief [PDF] Order [PDF]
- United States v. State of Mississippi (McComb Municipal Separate School District) (S.D. Miss.)
Summary Response to Motion for Unitary Status [PDF] Motion for Further Relief [PDF] Opposition to Motion for Unitary Status [PDF]
- United States v. Tunica County School District (N.D. Miss.)
Summary Brief Consent Order
- United States v. West Carroll Parish School Board (W.D. La.)
Summary Agreed Modifications to Consent Order [PDF] Motion for Further Relief [PDF] United States' Reply [PDF] Motion for Summary Judgment [PDF] Opposition [PDF] Reply [PDF] Ruling [PDF] Consent Order [PDF]
- United States and Yonkers Branch of the NAACP v. Yonkers Board of Education (S.D.N.Y.)
Summary Settlement Agreement [PDF]
- Campbell v. St. Tammany Parish School Board (E.D. La.)
Summary Brief in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment on Remand [PDF] Brief in Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment on Remand [PDF] Order [PDF]
- Child Evangelism Fellowship v. Lenz (C.D. Cal.)
Summary Motion to Participate as Amicus Curiae [PDF] Brief in Support of Motion for Preliminary Judgment [PDF] Stipulated Dismissal [PDF]
- Curry v. Saginaw School District (E.D. Mich.)
Summary Motion to Participate as Amicus Curiae [PDF] Amicus Brief [PDF] Order [PDF]
- Hearn and United States v. Muskogee Public School District (E.D. Okla.)
Summary Motion to Intervene [PDF] Motion for Summary Judgment [PDF] Memorandum in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment [PDF] Consent Order [PDF] Press Release
- O.T. v. Frenchtown Elementary School District (D. N.J.)
Summary Amicus Brief [PDF] Opinion [PDF]- Owen and United States v. L'Anse Area Schools (W.D. Mich.)
Summary Consent Decree [PDF] Policy Against Harassment and Discrimination [PDF]
- Scheidt v. Tri-Creek School Corporation (N.D. Ind.)
Summary Memorandum in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction [PDF]- Westfield High School L.I.F.E. Club v. Westfield Public Schools (D. Mass)
Summary Amicus Brief [PDF] Motion to File Brief [PDF]
- A.B. v. Rhinebeck Central School District & Thomas Mawhinney. (S.D. N.Y.)
Summary Consent Decree Intervention Brief Complaint in Intervention Reply
- Communities for Equity v. Michigan High School Athletic Association (W.D. Mich.)
Summary Amicus Brief in Opposition to Motion For Summary Judgment Opinion Response to Defendant's Compliance Plan [PDF] 2003 Amicus Brief in Support of Appellees [PDF] Sixth Circuit Opinion [PDF]
- Pedersen and United States v. South Dakota High Scool. Activities Association (S.D.)
Summary Complaint in Intervention Motion to Intervene Intervention Brief Consent Order Opposition [PDF] Motion to Dismiss [PDF] Order Denying Preliminary Injunction [PDF]
- United States v. Commonwealth of Virginia (W.D. Va.)
Summary Consent Order Press Release
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