Standing Rock (Dundon) – Principal Appeal Brief Plaintiffs-Appellants 2022
The legal team representing the Water Protectors, who were violently attacked by police while protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016, filed this appeal in…
Movement Defense
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Jane Fonda on the Repression of Water Protectors and PCJF’s Fight to Protect Them
Water Protectors are facing intense repression from local Sheriffs’ departments in Northern Minnesota who are being financially incentivized and paid to act against the opponents…
Martin (Georgia Anti-Boycott) – Plaintiff Opposition to Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment
Filmmaker Abby Martin is plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging a Georgia law that banned state contracts with people and entities that boycott Israel.
Line 3 Blockade – First Amended Complaint 2021
This is the first amended complaint in Houska et al v. County of Hubbard, in which CPLL and co-counsel challenged the illegal blockade of protestors objecting to the Line 3 pipeline.
UPDATE: Victory for Line 3 Water Protectors! Court issues restraining order against Hubbard County & Sheriff to end police blockade of Line 3 camp
A Minnesota court granted the emergency temporary restraining order we sought on behalf of Indigenous water protectors against Hubbard County, Sheriff Cory Aukes, and the local land commissioner in northern Minnesota.
Emergency Lawsuit Filed by Indigenous Water Protectors Against MN Sheriff to Stop Police Blockade of Camp at Line 3
Indigenous environmental protectors opposing the expansion of Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline filed for a restraining order against Hubbard County Sheriff Cory Aukes and the local land commissioner in northern Minnesota.
Major Free Speech Win by PCJF and CAIR: Court Rules Georgia’s Anti-BDS Law is Unconstitutional
The PCJF and CAIR won a major First Amendment case, with a federal court ruling that a Georgia anti-BDS law is unconstitutional.
Martin (Georgia Anti-Boycott) – Court Order 2021
The PCJF and the Council on American-Islamic Relations represented filmmaker Abby Martin in the case of Martin v. Wrigley, a lawsuit challenging Georgia’s anti-BDS law…
Line 3 Letter: CPLL Challenges “Outrageous” Violations of Water Protectors’ First Amendment Rights Opposing Line 3
The Center for Protest Law and Litigation is demanding that police and government officials at the site of the Line 3 pipeline expansion in Aitkin County, MN…
In the Mercenaries’ Own Words: Documents Detail TigerSwan Infiltration of Standing Rock
Excerpt from The Intercept | Read the full article at here. The weekend before Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, a secret private security…
Martin (Georgia Anti-Boycott) – Amicus Brief of J’Ruah and J Street 2020
The PCJF and the Council on American-Islamic Relations represented filmmaker Abby Martin in the case of Martin v. Wrigley, a lawsuit challenging Georgia’s anti-BDS law…
Long-Awaited Win for Water Protectors
Standing Rock civil rights class action against Morton County Sheriffs moves forward after four years.