Civil Rights/Voting Rights

The firm is one of the best-known and most experienced firms in the country in large-scale voting rights cases. This practice, led by Judson Miner and which includes Jeffrey Cummings has achieved important victories in race discrimination lawsuits challenging redistricting of Chicago's aldermanic districts and Illinois congressional districts. These cases include:

• In re Congressional remap , 81 C 3915 (N.D.Ill. 1981).
• Ketchum v. Byrne , 740 F.2d 1398 (7th Cir. 1984) (Chicago ward remap).
• Prosser, et. al v Elections Board, et. al , 92-C-0078( U.S.D.C., W.D. Wis. )( Wisconsin legislative remap ).
• Hastert v. State Board of Elections , 777 F. Supp. 634 (N.D.Ill. 1991); 794 F. Supp. 254 (N.D.Ill. 1992), aff'd in part and rev'd in part , 28 F.3d 1430 (7th Cir. 1994) (Illinois congressional remap).
• Barnett, et. al., v. City of Chicago, et. al. , 835 F. Supp. 1063 (N.D.Ill. 1993), rev'd , 32 F.3d 1196 (7th Cir. 1994), on remand , 969 F.Supp. 1359 (N.D.Ill. 1997), vacated and remanded in relevant part , 141 F.3d 699 (7th Cir. 1998), cert. denied , 118 S. Ct. 2372, on remand , 17 F.Supp. 2d 753 (N.D.Ill. 1998).

The firm has also represented plaintiffs in a wide variety of other civil rights litigation, including police misconduct litigation and First Amendment cases. The firm is now involved in a highly publicized case, challenging strip-searches performed by Customs agents at O'Hare Airport.