The lawsuit alleges that the defendants "conspired to plan, promote and carry out the violent events" that took place at the rally.
The lawsuit invokes a 1871 law passed after the US Civil War, which was originally intended to protect black Americans from the Ku Klux Klan following their emancipation from slavery. Some of the defendants, including Mr Spencer and "the crying Nazi" Christopher Cantwell - so nicknamed for a tearful interview he gave in the aftermath of the rally - are representing themselves in court.
A self-described neo-Nazi from Ohio, Fields pleaded guilty to 29 of 30 federal hate crimes as part of a deal with prosecutors, who agreed to not seek the death penalty. Advocates for the plaintiffs have explicitly said that they hope to bankrupt the Unite the Right organisers and send a message to other far-right extremists and white supremacists in the future.
Mr Pitcavage said that many rally organisers and attendees already suffered consequences in the immediate aftermath of the rally.
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