Trump Litigation Update

Recent lawsuits against Donald Trump may end up raising some interesting civil procedure and federal courts issues. Here are some documents and reports relating to pending litigation:

 

CREW v. Trump
(This is the Emoluments Clause challenge filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York)

• Complaint
• Jonathan Adler (Washington Post, 1/23/2017)
• Michael Dorf (Dorf on Law, 1/24/2017)
• Chris Geidner (BuzzFeed, 1/22/2017)
• Eric Lipton & Adam Liptak (NY Times, 1/22/2017)
• Eric Segall (LA Times, 1/25/2017)
• Jim Zarroli (NPR, 1/26/2017)

 

Zervos v. Trump
(Defamation action against Trump in New York State Court)

• Complaint
• Michael Dorf (Dorf on Law, 1/19/2017)
• Rosalind Helderman (Washington Post, 1/17/2017)
• Megan Twohey (NY Times, 1/17/2017)

 

AES Electrical v. Trump Old Post Office LLC
(This case was filed yesterday in D.C. Superior Court by an electrical contractor that claims it wasn’t paid for $2 million worth of work on Trump’s DC hotel.)

• Complaint
• Michael Biesecker (McClatchy’s 1/25/2017)
• Josh Gerstein (Politico, 1/25/2017)