| Case Caption | District | Subject | District Court Proceedings | Relief Awarded | Appellate Posture | Downloads |
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| Massachusetts v. USDA
No. 1:25-cv-13165 |
D. Mass | SNAP Funding Lapse | 10/28/2025: Complaint and TRO filed | |||
| New York v. U.S. DOJ
No. 1:25-00499
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D. Rhode Island | Prohibition on Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funded victim services paying for legal assistance for immigrant victims of crime. | 10/01/2025: Case filed
10/05/2025: DOJ filed motion to stay in light of the government shutdown, to which the State plaintiffs did not consent. |
Complaint | ||
| Illinois v. Noem
No. 1:25-00495
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D. Rhode Island | FEMA Grant Reductions and Shorter Performance Periods | 09/30/2025: Case Filed | 10/01/2025: Temporary Restraining Order: Cuts to FEMA programs halted pending resolution of the State’s forthcoming motion for preliminary injunction. | Complaint | |
| Washington v. HHS
No. 6:25-01748
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D. Oregon | Sexual health education grant terminations based on mentions of geneder identity | 9/26/2025: Complaint and Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed.
9/30/2025: Briefing schedule set; Response to Preliminary Injunction due 10/8, reply due 10/15, oral argument set for 10/16/2025. |
10/27/2025: Preliminary injunction granted | Complaint | |
| New Jersey v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, No. 25-cv-00404
(Co-lead state) |
D. Rhode Island | Cuts to Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) victim assistance funding | 8/18/2025: Complaint filed |
Resolution: Following the coalition’s lawsuit forward, U.S. DOJ has abandoned its plans to impose these conditions on $178 million in VOCA Victim Assistance grants and $1.2 billion in VOCA Victim Compensation grants. These grants will continue to be provided to states with no requirement that States assist DHS in immigration enforcement.
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Complaint | |
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New York v. U.S. DOJ, No. 1:25-cv-00345
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D. Rhode Island | Cuts to education and health programs including Head Start | 8/15/2025: Amended Complaint filed
8/20/2025: District Ct. hearing |
9/10/2025: Preliminary injunction entered. | Complaint | |
| New York v. U.S. Dep’t of Energy, No.6:25-cv-01458-MTK | D. OR | Department of Energy Indirect Costs | 8/15/2025: Complaint filed | Complaint | ||
| New Jersey v. Bondi, No. 1:25-cv-01807-PX
(Co-lead state) |
D. Md. | Federal attempt to distribute Forced Reset Triggers | 6/9/2025: Complaint Filed
6/10/2025: Motion for PI filed 7/7/2025: California joins the lawsuit and parties file an amended complaint 7/11/2025: Plaintiffs withdraw Motion for a Preliminary Injunction after Defendants agree not to sell Forced Reset Triggers (FRTs) in Plaintiff states. However, they will still be available in other states. |
By Agreement, Federal Defendants and Defendant RBT agreed not to return FRTs to Plaintiff States directly or indirect. | Complaint | |
| California v. Kennedy, HHS, No. 25-12019 | D. MA | Center for Medicaid Studies/Affordable Care Act Rules | 7/17/2025: Complaint filed with Motion for PI
08/07/2025: Defendant Opposition to Motion for Preliminary Injunction Due 08/13/2025: Hearing on Preliminary Injunction (Order and Details Pending) |
Complaint | ||
| Washington v. FEMA, No. 12006 | D. MA. | FEMA Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Program cancellation | 07/16/2025: Complaint filed
07/31/2025: Hearing on Motion for Preliminary Injunction |
08/05/2025: Preliminary Injunction Granted: The Government is preliminarily enjoined from spending the funds allocated to BRIC for non-BRIC purposes until the court is able to render a final judgment on the merits. | Complaint | |
| California v. McMahon, No. 25-00329 | D. Rhode Island | OMB Freeze of Department of Education Funds | 07/14/2025: Complaint and PI filed
07/25/2025: Hearing is set for August 13 |
07/18/2025: Concession by Defendants: the Trump Administration announced it would release approximately $1.4 billion in funding for after school programs | Complaint | |
| Massachusetts v. Trump, No. 25-12162 | D. MA | Gender Affirming Care for minors | 8/1/2025: Complaint filed | Complaint | ||
| California v. HHS, No. 3:25-cv-05536 | N.D. Cal. | Medicaid Data Sharing for immigration enforcement | 7/1/2025: Complaint filed
07/15/2025: Updated Schedule on Motion for Preliminary Injunction issued 07/25/2025: Defendant Opposition Due 07/30/2025: Plaintiff Reply 08/15/2025: Case Management Conference scheduled |
08/12/2025: PI was granted in part | Complaint | |
| California v. Department of Health and Human Services
No. 1:25-cv-12118 |
D. MA | Defunding Planned Parenthood | 7/29/2025: Complaint filed | Complaint | ||
| California v. Department of Agriculture
No. 3:25-cv-06310 |
N.D. Cal | SNAP Data Requests | 7/28/2025: Complaint filed
10/31/2025: Case Management Conference |
Complaint | ||
| Washington v. Department of Education, 2:25-cv-01228 | W.D. Wash. | Mental Health Grants | 6/30/2025: Complaint filed
7/2/2025: Motion for Preliminary Injunction Filed Hearing scheduled for 9/5 07/17/2025: Briefing Schedule Filed in the District Court 08/06/2025: Defendant Opposition to Motion for Preliminary Injunction Due 08/15/2025: Plaintiff Reply Due 09/05/2025: Preliminary Injunction Hearing |
10/27/2025: Preliminary Injunction granted | Complaint | |
| New Jersey v. OMB
No. 1:25-cv-11816 |
D. Mass | PGAP/Agency-Priorities Clause | 6/24/2025: Complaint filed
07/28/2025: District Court files Scheduling Order: 08/04/2025: Plaintiff Motion for Summary Judgment Due |
Complaint | ||
| New York v. National Science Foundation, No. 1:25-cv-04452 | S.D.N.Y. | Cuts to National Science Foundation Grants | Complaint and Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed 5/28/2025
The motion seeks, for Delaware, preservation in $687,091.48 in grants to the University of Delaware and the revocation of the 15% cap on the costs of indirect research, which would have cost the University of Delaware $9 million After NSF agreed not to impose the 15% cap on the indirect costs of research The court denied the motion during the pendency of the litigation, the court denied that aspect of the motion for preliminary injunction. |
“Second Preliminary Injunction granted 06/03/2025
The Court decided that the claims regarding the challenged grants (as compared to the issues regarding the indirect cost rate cap) had to be brought in the Court of Federal Claims. 08/01/2025: Preliminary Injunction Denied. Relief in the next column relates to the vacatur of the cap on indirect costs of research. It will remain in place becuase it was granted in a different case. “ |
Complaint | |
| New York v. McMahon, No. 1:25-cv-10601
No. 25-1495 (1st Circuit) |
D. Mass. | Dismantling the Department of Education | 07/14/2025: Supreme Court rules in a 6-3 decision that the President’s plan to dismantle the Department beginning with mass layoffs may move forward.
08/08/2025: Plaintiff states file Motion to Vacate the Preliminary Injunction and schedule a status conference to discuss final judgment on the merits. 08/22/2025: Defendant Answer Due after extension granted on 08/01/2025 |
05/22/2025: Preliminary Injunction entered
07/14/2025: United States Supreme Court stayed the preliminary injunction |
6/4/2025: defendants filed a Notice of Appeal to the First Circuit.
7/14/2025: The Supreme Court of the United States Stayed the District Court’s injunction, permitting terminations to proceed pending appeals |
Complaint |
| Colorado v. HHS, No. 1:25-cv-000121
No. 25-1671 (First Cir.) |
D. Rhode Island | Public health grant cuts | TRO issued on 4/3/2025 (i.e. almost immediately after the case was filed on 4/1/2025)
Preliminary Injunction entered 5/16/2025, but it seemed to give the government leave to cancel the grants again with 14 days notice. The Government immediately issued that notice and tried to cut the grants again. On 5/16/2025, the Judge said he would enter a new TRO against that, with brefing for a further PI to be completed by 6/3/2025 On 7/15/2025, the Def. appealed to the First Circuit. 07/30/2025: First Circuit grants Defendants Voluntary Motion to Dismiss Appeal of Preliminary Injunction. 08/12/2025: In the District Court, an extension is granted to Defendants to Answer the Amended Complaint, order pending. |
Complaint | ||
| New York, et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., 25-cv-00196 | D. Rhode Island | Layoffs at HHS | 7/1/2025: Complaint and Motion for Preliminary Injunction Filed
07/18/2025: Defendant Motion to Vacate the Preliminary Injunction in light of the CASA decision rejected. 07/25/2025: Plaintiff Response to Motion to Clarify Preliminary Injunction Filed 08/13/2025: The District Court issued an Order Clarifying the Preliminary Injunction, narrowing its scope to only six of the agency’s centers from the order. The original lawsuit cited over 10,000 possible firings and after this, thousands of people will still likely lose their jobs despite the lawsuit. |
Complaint | ||
| California v. United States Department of Transportation, No. 25-cv-00208 | D. Rhode Island | Immigration-related conditions on Department of Transportation grants | Complaint filed 5/13/2025
06/19/2025: Preliminary Injunction granted and Stay pending appeal denied. 07/17/2025: Plaintiff’s Motion to Modify Preliminary Injunction to include the District of Columbia and Kentucky granted. 08/19/2025: Parties to file cross-motions to dismiss and for summary judgment 09/24/2025: Parties to file Responses to above |
6/19/2025: Preliminary injunction granted | Complaint | |
| Illinois v. Federal Emergency Management Agency, No 1:25-cv-00206 | D. Rhode Island | Immigration-related conditions on FEMA grants | 5/13/2025: Complaint filed
6/2/2025: Motion for PI filed on 6/6/2025: Response in opposition of PI filed 7/2/2025: Amended Complaint and Motion for Summary Judgement filed 7/23/2025: Def. Motion for Summary Judgement and Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgement filed 09/29/2025: District Court grants the state plaintiffs summary judgment on all claims 10/14/2025: District Court grants a motion to enforce the order for summary judgment |
09/29/2025: District Court grants the state plaintiffs summary judgment on all claims , declaring the challenged terms and conditions unconstitutional and violative of the APA.
10/14/2025: District Court grants a motion to enforce the order for summary judgment
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Complaint | |
| California v. Trump, No. 1:25-cv-10810
First Cir. No. 25-1726 |
D. Mass | Voting restrictions | 4/3/2025: Complaint filed on 4/3/2025.
The government has filed a motion to stay or transfer the case to D. D.C. We filed an opposition on 5/7/2025. The Court denied the motion to stay on 5/9/2025. Preliminary Injunction granted 6/13/2025. 07/18/2025: Preliminary Injunction modified because of CASA decision, limiting certain relief to the Plaintiff States only. 07/31/2025: Defendants have appealed to the first circuit. |
Preliminary Injunction granted 6/13/2025.
07/18/2025: Preliminary Injunction modified because of CASA decision, limiting certain relief to the Plaintiff States only. |
Complaint | |
| Washington v. Department of Transportation, No. 2:25-cv-00848 | W.D. Wash. | Electric Vehicle Charging funds | Case Filed on 5/7/2025
Oral Argument on our motion for Preliminary Injunction is set for 6/17/2025 07/23/2025: Court grants Motion to Intervene for environmental public interest organizations, including Sierra Club, National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and others. 08/01/2025: Plaintiff Reply Due 08/11/2025: Defendant Reply Due |
06/24/2025 – Preliminary Injunction Issued | Complaint | |
| Oregon v. Trump, No. 1:25-cv-00077
No. 25-1813 (Fed. Circuit of Appeals) |
Ct. of Intl. Trade. | Trump Tariffs | Case Filed 4/23/2025
Permanent Injunction entered 5/28/2025 The Government filed an appeal with the Federal Circuit and motion for a stay pending appeal in the Court of International Trade on 5/28/2025 On 5/29/2025, The Federal Circuit entered an administrative stay of the injunction pending briefing on the motion to stay 07/31/2025: Oral Argument heard in the Federal Circuit
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05/28/2025: Court of International Trade entered a permanent injunction
08/29/2025: Federal Circuit Affirms the judgment of the lower court. |
Complaint | |
| Maryland v. Corporation for National and Community Service, No. 25-cv-01363-DLB
(Co-lead state) |
D. Maryland | Dismantling of AmeriCorps | 04/29/2025: Original complaint filed
05/06/2025: Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed 06/05/2025: Preliminary Injunction granted 07/24/2025: Amended Complaint Filed, adding the Office of Management and Budget as a defendant 08/04/2025: Filed second motion for Preliminary Injunction 08/28/2025: OMB agrees to release FY2025 appropriated funds that it had held back from AmeriCorps, which had been subject to challenge by the 08/04/2025 PI motion |
06/05/2025: Preliminary injunction required the restoration of FY2024 and 2025 AmeriCorps programs and funding cancelled by the Administration
08/28/2025: OMB agrees to release FY2025 appropriated funds that it had held back from AmeriCorps, which had been subject to challenge by the 08/04/2025 PI motion
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Complaint | |
| New York v. U.S. Department of Education, 1:25-cv-02990 (ER)(BCM) | SDNY | Termination of Education Stabilization Funds | 04/10/2025: Complaint filed
05/06/2025: Preliminary Injunction granted 06/03/2025: Second Preliminary Injunction granted 06/04/2025: Def. filed notice of interlocutory appeal to the Second Circuit. 06/10/2025: Def. notice of interlocutory appeal to the Second Circuit was DENIED 07/03/2025: Defendants file status report, asserting compliance with P.I. |
05/06/2025: Preliminary Injunction granted
06/03/2025: Second Preliminary Injunction granted |
Complaint | |
| Rhode Island v. Trump, No. 1:25-cv-00128
No. 25-1477 (1st Cir.) |
D. Rhode Island | Attempted dismantling of 3 federal agencies, including those supporting libraries and museum and minority-owned businesses | 04/04/2025: Complaint and Motion for TRO filed
Parties stipulated to convert the motion for TRO to a motion for a Preliminary Injunction 05/16/2025: Government appealed to the First Circuit 06/12/2025: Amended Complaint filed complaint 07/10/2025: Status conference held 07/15/2025: Joint Stipulation filed on behalf of the Plaintiff states on 07/15/2025 and entered on 07/16/2025. 08/11/2025: Status Report filed by Defendants, asserting compliance with the Preliminary Injunction |
5/13/2025: Preliminary Injunction granted | 05/16/2025: Appealed to 1st Cir.
9/11/2025: 1st Cir. denies Government’s motion for a stay of the preliminary injunction pending appeal.” |
Complaint |
| Massachusetts v. Kennedy, No. 1:25-cv-10814 | D. Mass | Deliberate delays in NIH grant application reviews and termination of issued NIH grants | 4/4/2025: Complaint and Motion for TRO filed
4/14/2025: Amended Complaint filed 5/5/2025 Plaintiffs filed Reply to Response to Motion for P.I. 06/24/2025: Motion for Stay Pending Appeal denied 07/02/2025: Updated ruling in favor of Plaintiffs, reinstating grants as to the Plaintiff states (per CASA precedent) and Defendants file Appeal 07/18/2025: Defendant Motion for a Stay Pending Appeal rejected and District Court ruling reaffirmed 08/15/2025: Court order on Discover due 09/02/2025: Final Pretrial Conference and oral arguments on Motion to Dismiss 09/15/2025: Bench trial completion deadline |
6/16/2025: Preliminary Injunction Granted
08/21/2025: Preliminary injunction stayed by SCOTUS. |
Complaint | |
| New York, et al. v. Donald Trump, 1:25-cv-11221 | D. Mass. | Cancellation of Wind Energy Projects | 05/05/2025: Case Filed | 05/05/2025: Complaint and Motion for Preliminary Injunction Filed
06/18/2025: Hearing set for 11:30am 08/08/2025: Parties to file cross-motions for summary judgment 08/22/2025: Parties to respond to cross-motions 09/04/2025: Hearing |
07/03/2025: Preliminary Injunction Granted | Complaint |
| New York v. Trump, No. 1:25-cv-01144 | SDNY | DOGE’s access to sensitive data at the Department of the Treasury | 02/07/2025: Original complaint filed
02/08/2025: Won a TRO 02/21/2025: Won a preliminary injunction 03/10/2025: The government moved to partially dissolve the TRO 03/12/2025: The states moved for reconsideration of the scope of the preliminary injunction 04/11/2025: The Court granted the government’s motion to partially dissolve the preliminary injunction as to one DOGE employee, and denied the States’ motion for reconsideration 05/01/2025: The government moved to fully dissolve the preliminary injunction 05/27/2025: The Court denied the government’s motion to dissolve the PI 07/28/2025: Defendants file Notice of Appeal to the Second Circuit on the Preliminary Injunction. |
02/08/2025: Won a TRO
02/21/2025: Won a preliminary injunction |
Complaint | |
| New York v. Trump, No. 1:25-cv-00039
No. 25-1236 (1st Circuit) |
D. Rhode Island | OMB Memo/Federal Funding Pause | 1/25/2025: Complaint and Motion for Temporary Restraining Order Filed.
02/12/2025: Order reaffirming Temporary Restraining 03/27/2025: Defendants’ Motion to Stay Preliminary Injunction Pending Appeal denied 04/04/2025: Plaintiffs’ Motion for Enforcement of Preliminary Injunction granted 04/07/2025: Motion for Enforcement of Preliminary Injunction is Stayed in light of Supreme Court decision in California v. Department of Education, the “”SEED grants”” case 04/28/2025: Appeal to the First Circuit Court is filed.”td> |
Won TRO on 1/31/2025
Won a Motion to Enforce TRO on 2/10/2025 Won a preliminary injunction on 3/6/2025 |
Complaint | |
| New York v. U.S. Department of Education, 1:25-cv-11116 | D. Mass | Title VI Certifications | 4/25/2025: Complaint Filed
09/24/2025: Scheduling Conference |
The Department of Education agreed not to enforce the challenge Title VI certification requirement during the pendency of the lawsuit | Complaint | |
| Maryland v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, No. 1:25-cv-00748
No. 25-1248 (4th Circuit) |
D. Maryland | Federal Probationary Employee Mass Firings | 03/06/2025: Complaint and Motion for Temporary Restraining Order filed
04/03/2025: Reduction-in-Force cases consolidated by Fourth Circuit 04/04/2025: Defendants’ motion for Stay Pending Appeal denied by District Court 04/09/2025: Defendants’ motion for Stay Pending Appeal granted by Fourth Circuit |
03/13/2025: Plaintiffs won TRO
04/01/2025: Won preliminary injunction 04/09/2025: 4th Circuit stayed the preliminary injunction
09/09/2025: 4th Circuit reversed the grant of preliminary injunction
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4/2/2025: The federal government appealed to the 4th Circuit
4/4/2025: The district court denied a motion to stay pending appeal 4/9/2025: 4th Circuit granted Defendants’ Motion for a Stay Pending Appeal 09/08/2025: 4th Circuit reversed the grant of preliminary injunction |
Complaint |
| Massachusetts v. NIH, No. 1:25-cv-10338
No. 25-1343 (1st Circuit) |
D. Mass | Medical research funding (NIH indirect costs) | 02/10/2025: Complaint and Motion for Temporary Restraining Order Filed; Motion for TRO was later converted to a Motion for a Preliminary Injunction
04/08/2025: Defendants file Appeal of Permanent Injunction to First Circuit. |
Won a nationwide preliminary injunction on 3/5/2025, protecting $12 million in funding for the University of Delaware, and $1.4 million for Delaware State University
By consent, the preliminary injunction was converted to a permanent injunction on 4/4/2025. |
The government appealed to the 1st Cir. on 4/8/2025 | Complaint |
| New Jersey v. Trump, No. 1:25-cv-10139
No. 25-1170 (1st Circuit) |
D. Mass/1st Circuit Court of Appeals | Birthright Citizenship | Won preliminary injunction; currently on appeal in the 1st Circuit. Circuit court denied the feds’ motion for a stay.
On March 13, the government appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Oral argument held before SCOTUS May 15 on propriety of national injunction 06/27/2025: The Supreme Court finds that nationwide injunctions are not permitted as a blanket practice because they have no historical analog. However the Court declines to rule on whether the particular concerns the states raised require a tailored remedy that extends beyond the plaintiff states. And thus, the Court leaves the door open to the possibility that this particular situation of the harms that befall a state and its residents when citizenship is a patchwork system may require more sweeping relief (up to and including an injunction that applies in all states). 07/25/2025: The District Court once again blocks the Birthright Citizenship EO in Ruling on Scope of the Preliminary Injunction, clarifies and reiterates that his relief is universal despite CASA decision. |
02/13/2025: Won preliminary injunction
07/25/2025: The District Court once again blocks the Birthright Citizenship EO in Ruling on Scope of the Preliminary Injunction, clarifies and reiterates that his relief is universal despite CASA decision. |
Complaint |