Plaintiff:	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
Defendant:	UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR., in the official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, PAMELA J. BONDI, in the official capacity as Attorney General of the United States, US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, LINDA MARIE MCMAHON, in the official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Education, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, EDWARD FORST, in the official capacity as Administrator of the United States General Services Administration, US DEPT OF ENERGY, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN WRIGHT, in the official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Energy, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, BRIAN STONE, in the official capacity as Acting Director of the United States National Science Foundation, US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, JARED ISAACMAN, in the official capacity as Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, US DEPT OF HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT, SCOTT TURNER, in the official capacity as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, US DEPT OF AGRICULTURE, BROOKE L. ROLLINS, in the official capacity as Secretary of Agriculture, PETER HEGSETH, in the official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Defense and TODD BLANCHE, in the official capacity as Acting Attorney General of the United States
Interested Party:	AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION, HARVARD UNDERGRADUATE PALESTINE SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MASSACHUSETTS, CATO INSTITUTE, ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, KNIGHT FIRST AMENDMENT INSTITUTE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP, REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, RUTHERFORD INSTITUTE, MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION, COLUMBIA ALUMNI FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BROWN UNIVERSITY, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, RICE UNIVERSITY, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, TUFTS UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK, UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, YALE UNIVERSITY, JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE, CONFERENCE OF BOSTON TEACHING HOSPITALS, INC., FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION, HARVARD ALUMNI, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE, JEWISH SCHOLARS OF JEWISH STUDIES, COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, STATE OF COLORADO, STATE OF CONNECTICUT, STATE OF DELAWARE, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, STATE OF HAWAII, STATE OF ILLINOIS, STATE OF MAINE, STATE OF MARYLAND, STATE OF MICHIGAN, STATE OF MINNESOTA, STATE OF NEVADA, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, STATE OF NEW MEXICO, STATE OF NEW YORK, STATE OF OREGON, STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, STATE OF VERMONT, STATE OF WASHINGTON, STATE OF WISCONSIN, MUSLIM LEGAL FUND OF AMERICA, FORMER U.S. AGENCY OFFICIALS, KAVEH L. AFRASIABI, LOUIS D. BRANDEIS CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER LAW, STATE OF IOWA, STATE OF ALASKA, STATE OF ARKANSAS, STATE OF FLORIDA, STATE OF GEORGIA, STATE OF INDIANA, STATE OF KANSAS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, STATE OF MISSOURI, STATE OF MONTANA, STATE OF NEBRASKA, STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, STATE OF OKLAHOMA, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, STATE OF TEXAS, NATIONAL JEWISH ADVOCACY CENTER, INC., BOSTON UNIVERSITY and ROBERT A. PIETZ
Case Number:	25-2230
Filed:	December 30, 2025
Court:	U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Nature of Suit:	Other Statutes

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