Baltimore Jewish Life reported on our civil lawsuit against anti-Israel activists who blockaded the entrance to O’Hare International Airport on April 15, 2024.
HLLI filed suit to defend the rights of citizens unlawfully impeded by anti-Israel, pro-Gaza groups engaging in illegal acts of obstruction, which blockaded the main entrance into O’Hare International Airport in Chicago on April 15, 2024.
Docket number: No. 23-1340 HLLI filed an amicus brief with Pacific Legal Foundation and Manhattan Institute, in support of petitioner Waples Mobile Home Park's request that the Supreme Court grant certiorari to address the legal burden that parties must carry in cases relying on a disparate impact theory of liability under the Fair Housing Act ("FHA"). The case arose when four noncitizen families sued Waples Mobile Home Park under the FHA…
The Volokh Conspiracy wrote about HLLI's brief in Leroy v. Livingston Manor School District defending student free speech.
HLLI petitioned a federal appeals court to recognize a high school student's off-campus social media post as protected speech under the First Amendment, challenging the school district’s disciplinary actions.
HLLI filed an appeal over a school district's unconstitutional punishment of a high school student for his social media post.
Docket number: No. 24-38 On August 12, 2024, HLLI filed a brief of amici curiae on behalf of 35 athletic officials and coaches for female athletes in support of petitioners in Little v. Hecox, who are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit enjoining an Idaho law that protecting women's sports by limiting participation to biological women. HLLI’s brief explains…
HLLI filed a joint comment letter on behalf of Scott Alexander of Astral Codex Ten, Maxim Lott, the operator of ElectionBettingOdds.com, and Theodore H. Frank against a proposed CFTC rule, which would categorically ban all prediction markets for political elections, equating such markets with “gambling.”
The Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute an objector challenging plaintiffs’ counsel’s forum shopping tactics in settling a nationwide class action in a state court likely to award more fees out of class recovery than attorneys would get in federal court, where the action was first filed.
HLLI filed an amicus challenging the SEC's “gag order” policy, which unconstitutionally silences citizens and prevents the public from receiving information about the Commission’s work.
