Calvin Zastrow v. City of Toledo

On August 1, 2018, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC), along with local counsel, filed a civil rights lawsuit against the City of Toledo, its Chief of Police and two City police officers in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. The lawsuit alleges that the City and its…

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Pastor Dan McGhee v. City of Westland, et al.,

On September 29, 2017, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a civil rights lawsuit against the City of Westland, Michigan and Officer John Gatti, a City police officer, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The lawsuit alleges that the City violated Pastor Dan McGhee’s…

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CBR v. National Museum of African American History & Culture

On June 9, 2017, the American Freedom Law Center, a national public interest law firm, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), its Director, Mr. Lonnie Bunch III, the Office…

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Youkhanna v. City of Sterling Heights

On March 13, 2017, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a civil rights lawsuit against the City of Sterling Heights, Michigan, and its Mayor, Michael C. Taylor, alleging violations of federal and state law.  The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan…

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Thames v. City of Westland

On November 22, 2016, the American Freedom Law Center, in cooperation with the Thomas More Society of Chicago, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the City of Westland, its Chief of Police, several police officers, the Northland Family…

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American Freedom Defense Initiative v. Sessions

On July 13, 2016, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) under the First Amendment. Section 230 provides immunity from lawsuits to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, thereby permitting…

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Nussbaum v. Vargas

In this case pending in Riverside County Superior Court, California, AFLC stepped in to protect Professor Denise Nussbaum from leftist, anti-Jew and anti-Israel faculty at a Mount San Jacinto College in Riverside, California. On March 30, 2016, we filed an amended complaint to add the College and its senior administrators to…

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Farsakh v. Urth Caffe

Shortly after being served with a fraudulent lawsuit alleging religious discrimination, the Urth Caffe in Laguna Beach retained the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) to respond to the litigation. David Yerushalmi, AFLC co-founder and senior counsel, issued the following statement: “This lawsuit is a fraud and a hoax on the…

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Johnson Welded Products, Inc. v. Burwell

On March 24, 2016, AFLC filed a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the Obama administration’s HHS mandate and its so-called “accommodation” that the government is now enforcing against closely-held, for profit companies following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Hobby Lobby.…

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