Civil rights groups and others challenged a Texas redistricting plan for the 2026 elections as discriminatory.

Louisiana adopted a congressional redistricting plan that created a second majority-minority district to comply with the Voting Rights Act (VRA). A three-judge court ruled the plan unconstitutional, and the case was considered by the Supreme Court.

A car accident victim tried to bring a class action against her insurance company for systematically undervaluing the amount that should be paid when a car is totaled. A district court certified the proposed class and the insurance company appealed to the Sixth Circuit.

Several environmental groups and an Indian tribe sought to stop the detention of immigrants at, and additional construction of, Alligator Alcatraz, a detention facility in the Florida Everglades.

A group of parents challenged a Texas law forcing public schools to prominently display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. With the support of every other Trump judge on the Fifth Circuit, Kyle Duncan wrote a 9-8 opinion upholding the law.

In two cases in early April, immigrants appealed agency denials of relief from possible torture or other mistreatment if they were deported. The same two judges --- Trump judge Daniel Bress and George W Bush judge Carlos Bea – denied the appeals in both cases

The Trump Administration sought to stop contempt proceedings by Chief Judge James Boasberg against Trump officials involved in the deportation of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador last year despite contrary court orders.

Environmentalists and Indian tribes challenged a land swap under which a copper mining company would obtain and mine specified Arizona land, causing damage to the environment and sacred Indian land.

Daniel Jackson, a state prisoner in Virginia, challenged the failure of officials to provide him with effective treatment of leg injuries and pain.

Gonzalo Chavez Esquivel, an immigrant from Mexico, sought relief from deportation along with his family because he contended that he would be tortured if he were sent back to Mexico.

Book publishers and LGBTQ+ groups challenged an Iowa law that requires removal of books in school libraries that depict or describe any “sex act” and bars teaching related to gender identity or sexual orientation to students below grade 7.

Four incarcerated women sued Michigan officials for deliberate failure to treat a painful medical condition.

A Mexican immigrant challenged the US government for holding him without bond during removal proceedings.

An elderly woman sued a long-term care insurance company for refusing to cover the cost of home health care that her doctor said was necessary after surgery.

Two parents and an advocacy organization filed a lawsuit challenging the procedures used by a state and school district in implementing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which governs education of schoolchildren with disabilities.

A police officer wanted the claim against him by a Minneapolis protester shortly after the George Floyd killing dismissed.

This involves an ongoing effort to hold a Black Lives Matter protest organizer personally responsible for an act of violence against a police officer carried out by an unknown person at the protest. If the effort succeeds, it would deter people from exercising their First Amendment rights to protest against the government.

A credit card company challenged an award of punitive damages and attorneys’ fees for cancelling a consumer’s credit card.

In dissenting in a case concerning discrimination based on gender identity, Trump judge Lawrence VanDyke used harsh and vulgar language that drew widespread criticism across the ideological spectrum.

The police chief of a small Iowa town challenged his conviction for possession of a machine gun in his private capacity for use in his private business.

Elon Musk and the Trump Administration sought to stop any depositions of Musk and others about the Administration’s foreign aid cuts and dismantling of USAID.

The Trump Administration sought to prevent court findings about abusive tactics used by immigration authorities from being used against it in the future.

A number of parents and teachers challenged a California law that protects students’ privacy by keeping private gender transitioning efforts by students if they wish and by requiring teachers to cooperate in such efforts.

Unions have challenged a Trump Executive Order that takes away collective bargaining rights from many federal workers

The Ninth Circuit was asked to reconsider a decision letting the government deport a Peruvian family.