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Gleason v. Padilla

Amicus brief filed in support of appellant’s position that California is failing to follow the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and the Help America Vote Act of 2002.

Court of Appeal for the State of California (Case No. CO88700)

Case Filings

Application and Brief in Support of Plaintiff/Appellant (January 13, 2020)

PILF v. Linda Lamone

Lawsuit filed under Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act to compel the release of the statewide voter roll and history records held by the Maryland State Board of Elections.

United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Case Number 1:19-cv-03564)

Court Documents

Complaint (December 16, 2019)
- Exhibits A, B, C
Motion for Summary Judgment (December 16, 2019)
- Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment
- Declaration of Logan C. Churchwell

Press Releases

Lawsuit: Maryland Hides Voter Data amid Cummings Replacement Election (December 16, 2019)

PILF v. Detroit

PILF filed a lawsuit against the City of Detroit for failure to maintain accurate and current voter rolls, as required by federal law.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (No. 2:19-cv-13638)

Court Documents

Complaint + Exhibits (December 10, 2019)
Standalone Complaint (December 10, 2019)

Press Releases

Lawsuit: Detroit Isn’t Properly Cleaning Voter Rolls (December 11, 2019)

Americans for Prosperity Foundation and Thomas More Law Center v. Becerra

Amicus brief filed in support of Petitioner’s efforts to strike down California’s onerous donor disclosure law for charities.

U.S. Supreme Court

Case Filings

Brief in Support of Petitioners for Writ of Certiorari (September 25, 2019)

Press Releases

SCOTUS Brief: The Left Wants to Liquidate Opposing Donors (October 1, 2019)

PILF v. North Carolina State Board of Elections

Lawsuit filed under Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act to compel the release of records reflecting noncitizen registration and voting held by the North Carolina State Board of Elections.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina (Case Number 5:19-cv-00248)

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Case No. 19-2265)

District Court Documents

Complaint (June 17, 2019)
Exhibits: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K (June 17, 2019)

4th Circuit Documents

Appellant’s Opening Brief (December 23, 2019)

Press Releases

Lawsuit: North Carolina Illegally Withholding Data on Noncitizen Voters (June 18, 2019)

LULAC et. al. v. Texas

Intervention to defend Texas’ efforts to assist in the identification and removal of noncitizens registered to vote in the state.

United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (Case Number 5:19-cv-00074 )

Case Documents

First Amended Complaint (February 1, 2019)
Preliminary Order (February 27, 2019)
Motion to Intervene by Proposed Intervenor-Defendant PILF (March 1, 2019)
Proposed Answer of Intervenor-Defendant PILF (March 1, 2019)

Press Releases

PILF Seeks to Intervene in Texas Noncitizen Voter Removal Case (March 1, 2019)

Rucho v. Common Cause

Amicus brief filed in opposition to plaintiffs’ claim that North Carolina‘s 2016 congressional map is an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.

U.S. Supreme Court

Case Filings

Brief of the Public Interest Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellants (February 12, 2019)

Decision (June 27, 2019)

Press Releases

PILF Praises SCOTUS Decision on Partisan Gerrymandering Claims (June 27, 2019)

ACRU, et al. v. Snipes

PILF filed a lawsuit in federal court against Brenda Snipes, the Supervisor of Elections in Broward County, Florida, for failure to maintain accurate and current voter rolls and for failure to provide records related to voter roll maintenance and possible noncitizen voters, as required by federal law.

United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (No. 16-cv-61474)

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (No. 18-11808-GG)

Trial Court Documents

11th Circuit Court of Appeals Documents

Press Releases

Relevant Press Clips

2020 Census Citizenship Question Case

Amicus briefs filed in defense of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s reinstatement of a citizenship question for the 2020 Census.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

Case Filings

Brief of the Public Interest Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners (September 14, 2018)
Brief of the Public Interest Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae in Support of the Petition (September 14, 2018)
Brief of Amicus Curiae of PILF in Support of Defendant’s Position at Trial (October 29, 2018)
Brief in Support of Government’s Position for a Writ of Mandamus Before the U.S. Supreme Court (November 13, 2018)
Brief as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners Before the U.S. Supreme Court (December 24, 2018)
Brief as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners Before the U.S. Supreme Court (February 11, 2019)
Certiorary Granted (February 15, 2019)
Brief as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners Before the U.S. Supreme Court (March 6, 2019)
Decision (June 27, 2019)

Related Press Releases

J. Christian Adams Praises Inclusion of Citizenship Question in 2020 Census (March 27, 2018)
J. Christian Adams Before Congress: Return Citizenship Question to Census (June 8, 2018)
PILF Granted Amicus Position Defending 2020 Census Citizenship Question (September 25, 2018)
PILF Applauds SCOTUS Decision on Wilbur Ross Deposition (October 22, 2018)
PILF Granted Amicus Position Defending 2020 Census Citizenship Question at Trial (October 30, 2018)
PILF to SCOTUS: 2020 Census Needs Citizenship Question (November 13, 2018)
Census Citizenship Question, PILF Briefs Get SCOTUS Hearing (November 19, 2018)
PILF to SCOTUS: Take the Census Case Now (February 11, 2019)
Statement on Census Citizenship Question Decision (June 27, 2019)
SCOTUSblog: The Unanswered Census Question (June 28, 2019)

PILF v. Harris Bennett

Lawsuit filed under Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act to compel the release of records reflecting noncitizen registration and voting in Harris County, Texas.

United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (Case Number 4:18-cv-00981)

District Court of Travis County, Texas, 459^th District (Case Number D-1-GN-18-001583)

Federal Trial Court Documents