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Defending Dissent and the First Amendment in the Courts
Below are some of our recent cases. Click on the case links for more litigation information, pleadings, briefs and updates.

Name	Date	Description	Location
ANSWER Coalition, et al. v. Gale Norton, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, et al.	January, 2005	Bush Inaugural Parade - Challenges the National Park Service's privatization of Pennsylvania Avenue, and exclusion of the general public in favor of Bush supporters hand selected by the Bush-Cheney Presidential Inaugural Committee.	Washington, D.C.
National Council of Arab Americans and the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition v. The City of New York, et al.	Aug, 2004	The "Battle for Central Park" - a landmark challenge to the privatization of public space, initiated during the Republican National Convention	New York City, NY
Frucht, et al. v. District of Columbia, et al.	April, 2004 (date filed)	Challenges disruption tactics by MPD, including excessive force, using motorcycles as weapons, and the "rush tactic," used during the April 12, 2003 anti-war, anti-occupation demonstration	Washington, D.C.
Killmon, et al. v. City of Miami, et al.	November, 2003	Challenging suspension of ordinary law, and implementation of extraordinary measures to limit any protest against the Free Trade of the Americas Act (FTAA)	Miami, FL
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), United States Department of Treasury v. Voices in the Wilderness	November, 2003 (date filed)	Defending Humanitarians Who Delivered Medical Aid to Victims of the Iraq Sanctions Program and are now being prosecuted by the government	Washington, D.C.
International Action Center v. City of Philadelphia	June, 2003	Philadelphia's Unconstitutional Permitting System Taken Down Initiated when the City attempted to stop a vigil and protest at City Hall in support of Mumia Abu-Jamal in May, 2001.	Philadelphia, PA
Jeffrey Barham, et al. v. Chief Charles Ramsey, et al. (class action)	September 27, 2002	Anti-war and Anti-Corporate Globalization Demonstrations Pershing Park and Other Mass Political Arrests	Washington, D.C.
Elizabeth Bolger, et al. v. Chief Charles Ramsey, et al.	April 20, 2002	Targeted for Protesting in Black (the "Stir fry" suit)	Washington, D.C.
International Action Center, et al. v. Charles H. Ramsey, et al.	September, 2001	Fencing Off of Washington, D.C. in advance of planned IMF/World Bank and anti-Bush protests	Washington, D.C.
International Action Center, et al. v. United States, et al.	January 20, 2001	Bush Inauguration Demonstrations Agents Provocateur, Domestic Spying, splintering and diversion of demonstrators, obstruction to the parade route	Washington, D.C.
DC General Hospital, Amicus Brief	Summer, 2001	Amicus Curiae Brief Filed on Behalf of D.C. Community In Opposition to the Closing of D.C. General Hospital	Washington, D.C.
Becker, et al. v. District of Columbia, et al. (Class Action)	April, 2000	International Monetary Fund / World Bank Annual Meetings Challenges the multi-agency disruption tactics employed against demonstrators including mass arrest, raid and seizure of the Convergence Center, beatings and other illegal police conduct	Washington, D.C.