Each case page collects the full docket, the parties and counsel, and every filing we have obtained — read the originals alongside our news coverage.
5:26-cv-08249 · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Jose) · Filed August 7, 2026
Federal Establishment Clause suit over a Palo Alto High School Social Justice Pathway field trip to a Santa Clara mosque. Docket and filings, updated as documents become available.
No. 25-1404 (U.S.) · Supreme Court of the United States (on petition for certiorari from the First Circuit) · Filed March 7, 2024
Title VI suit alleging MIT was deliberately indifferent to a hostile environment for Jewish and Israeli students after October 7, 2023. Dismissed by the district court, affirmed by the First Circuit, now before the Supreme Court on a cert petition backed by eight amicus briefs. Read the petition, every amicus brief, and MIT's brief in opposition.
C02CI230008248 · County Court of Lancaster County, Nebraska · Filed August 15, 2023
Nebraska Public Records Act mandamus action brought by Jewish Legal News, Inc. to compel the University of Nebraska–Lincoln to disclose records about how presenters were selected for its Sommerhauser Holocaust Symposium. The records showed professors Ari Kohen and Gerald J. Steinacher sourcing scholars from Kohen's Twitter following.
Los Angeles Superior Court (filed Feb. 26, 2026) · Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles · Filed February 26, 2026
Statewide lawsuit by the Louis D. Brandeis Center and StandWithUs alleging California, its Board of Education, the Department of Education, and Superintendent Tony Thurmond allowed pervasive anti-Semitic harassment of Jewish students and anti-Israel classroom propaganda in K-12 public schools. Complaint and filings, updated as documents become available.
2:22-cv-03243-FMO-E (9th Cir. Nos. 24-7676, 25-3436) · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, on appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California · Filed May 12, 2022
Jewish parents and teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District challenged the Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum. On September 4, 2026 the Ninth Circuit let the plaintiffs replead and wiped out the anti-SLAPP strike and the attorney's fee award against them. Docket and filings, updated as documents become available.
Amy Spitalnick is the CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs. A profile of her career from Integrity First for America and J Street to JCPA, her media presence, and the AOC-AIPAC controversy.
Staff Writer · July 11, 2026
A plain-English guide to the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA): what it does, its history, its structure, and why it's back in the news under CEO Amy Spitalnick.
Staff Writer · July 15, 2026
Dr. Karen Fiss, a full professor at California College of the Arts, is suing the institution for employment discrimination based on religion and ethnic origin under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. She alleges that CCA has…
Staff Writer · August 16, 2024
The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law has filed a lawsuit against Harvard University, accusing the institution of failing to adequately address antisemitic harassment and discrimination on campus. The lawsuit, filed in…
Staff Writer · August 8, 2024