Special Collection: Civil Rights Division Archival Collection

John Doar pleading for calm in Jackson after the Evers assassination

John Doar in Jackson after the Evers assassination.

This collection consists of cases litigated by the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division from the 1960s through the 1990s, including cases brought under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). This special collection was made possible with the generous assistance of a number of lawyers who previously worked for the Division, the Civil Rights Division Association (a non-profit group of Division alumni and current staff), and the Division's Special Litigation Section.

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JAIL CONDITIONS
DOJ CRIPA Investigation of the Norfolk City Jail (VA)

No Court Case | No Court

On October 27, 1993, the U.S. Department of Justice commenced an investigation of the conditions at the Norfolk City Jail (NCJ) pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ("CRIPA")…

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION
CRIPA Investigation-Central Alabama Youth Services

No Court Case | No Court

On August 6, 1992, the United States Justice Department issued the findings of its investigation conducted at the Central Alabama Youth Services Facility (CAYS) pursuant to the Civil Rights of Instit…

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION
CRIPA Investigation, Harrison County (MS)

No Court Case | No Court

On May 3, 1993, the U.S. Department of Justice opened an investigation of conditions at the Harrison County Youth Detention Center pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.…

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION
CRIPA Investigation, Jackson (MS)

No Court

From June 30 - July 2, 1993, the U.S. Department of Justice conducted an investigation of the Hinds County Youth Detention Center in Jackson, Mississippi pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutional…

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION
CRIPA Investigation, Miles City (MT)

No Court Case | No Court

In 1991 the U.S. Department of Justice opened an investigation of the Pine Hills School for Boys pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act 42 U.S. § 1997 et seq. Following two sit…

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION
CRIPA Investigation, Helena (MT)

No Court Case | No Court

On June 30, 1992, the U.S. Department of Justice initiated an investigation of the Mountain View School for Girls pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 19…

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INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
CRIPA Investigation of Arizona State Hospital (ASH)

Not applicable | No Court

On September 25, 1989, the Department of Justice (DOJ) sent a letter to the Governor of Arizona, informing him of its intention to investigate conditions at Arizona State Hospital (ASH) pursuant to t…

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INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
In Re: DOJ CRIPA Investigation of Chicago-Read Mental Health Center

Never Filed | No Court

On May 26, 1993, the Department of Justice sent a letter to the Governor of Illinois detailing findings from an investigation of conditions in the Chicago-Read Mental Health Center pursuant to the Ci…

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INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
DOJ CRIPA Investigation of the Montgomery Developmental Center [MDC] in Huber Heights, Ohio

No Court

In September 1985, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) commenced an investigation of the Montgomery Developmental Center [MDC] in Huber Heights, Ohio, pursuant to the Ci…

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INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
DOJ CRIPA Investigation of Broadview, Cleveland, and Warrensville Developmental Centers

No Court

On April 1, 1986, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) commenced an investigation Broadview, Cleveland, and Warrensville Developmental Centers in Ohio, pursuant to the Ci…

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INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
CRIPA Investigation, Fircrest (WA)

N/A | No Court

On February 6, 1992, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a report to the State of Washington on the findings of its investigation, pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRI…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
South Carolina v. Katzenbach

65-Orig.-00022 | Supreme Court of the United States

Filed Date: 1965

None
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
CODING IN PROCESS
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States

64-cv-09017 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: 1964

There's no summary yet, while we research the case.
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Turner v. Goolsby

65-cv-01226 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

Filed Date: 1965

(There's no summary yet, while we research the case.)
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
US v. The State of Georgia and The Coweta County School District

1:69-cv-12972 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: 1969

None
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Lee and United States of America v. Macon County School Board (N.D. Ala. Case)

2:70-cv-00251 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1970

This Clearinghouse entry discusses the post 1970 proceedings in Lee v. Macon County, a seminal Alabama desegregation case. That case originated in the Middle District of Alabama and was transferred t…

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PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
CODING IN PROCESS
Simkins v. Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital

57-00062 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: 1957

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs alleged that the Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital  had unconstitutionally discriminated against them o…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. McElveen

59-cv-09146 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: 1959

None
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. State of Alabama (Bullock County)

01677 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1960

None
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. State of Mississippi

62-03312 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: 1962

None
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. State of Louisiana

62-02548 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: 1962

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the Attorney General sued the State of Louisiana on behalf of the United States, alleging that Louisiana’s constitut…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Agnes Baggett

65-cv-02159 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1965

None
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Gaston County v. United States

66-02196 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: 1966

None
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
U.S. v. City of Charleston

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the United States sought to enforce the provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as they related to s…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
U.S. v. The County of Lancaster

4:84-cv-00058 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: 1984

None
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
U.S. v. Jay Gregory

4:83-cv-00094 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: 1983

None
PUBLIC HOUSING
CODING IN PROCESS
U.S. v. Public Housing Authority of Albany, GA

1:73-cv-01007 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: 1973

None
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
USA v. School District of Omaha

8:73-cv-00320 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: 1973

None
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
USA v. Dillon Supply Co.

67-cv-01972 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: 1967

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit brought by the United States against Dillon Supply Co. The plaintiffs alleged that the company was violating the Civil Rights…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Stell and United States v. Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education

62-01316 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

Filed Date: 1962

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a class action lawsuit in which the plaintiffs sought to enjoin the Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education from operating a segrega…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Alabama NAACP Conference of Branches v. Wallace

No. 2457-N | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1966

SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Price v. Denison Independent School District Board of Education

65-21632 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: 1965

None
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School District

63-22527 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: 1963

Closed Date: 1981

This school desegregation case was filed in 1963 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Plaintiffs, black students and their families, sought injunctive relief requiring…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Fairfield Board of Education

No. 23331 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1965

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a case in which the plaintiffs, African-American residents of Fairfield, Alabama, instituted a school desegregation lawsuit against the…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
Vogler v. Local 53 of the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers

2:66-cv-00749 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: 1966

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs alleged that a division of the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Wo…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Perry County Board of Education

66-04222 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1966

None
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
City of Bessemer Board of Education v. Celebrezze

65-00180 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1965

(There's no summary yet, while we research the case.)
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
Romney v. Troxler

2:71-mc-00137 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: 1971

None
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
Bailey v. Patterson

03133

None
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
CODING IN PROCESS
Bailey v. Patterson

61-03133 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: 1961

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs sought to enjoin the enforcement of Mississippi ‘peace statutes’ and statutes requiring racial segreg…

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PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
Baines v. City of Danville, VA

From Bruce Baines v. City of Damville, Virginia, 337 F.2d 579 (4th Cir. 1964):No. 9084 and No. 9150, Chase v. Aiken, No. 9081 and No. 9149, Chase v. McCain, and No. 9212, Page v. McCain, are appeals …

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PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Northwest Louisiana Restaurant

65-11033 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: 1965

None
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
Bernard v. Gulf Oil Company

77-01502 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: 1977

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs alleged that the Gulf Oil Company and various unions had discriminated against their African-American…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Bradley v. School Board of the City of Richmond, VA

61-cv-03353 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: 1961

None
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Bennett v. Madison County Board of Education

5:22-cv-00613 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1963

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) This was a longstanding school desegregation case. On July 6, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Madison County Board of Education re…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
Bratton v. City of Detroit

2:75-cv-72264 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: 1975

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit brought by white officers of the Detroit police department, challenging the legality of Detroit’s affirmative action promotio…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
U.S. v. Suffolk County

1:83-cv-02737 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: 1983

None
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Davis v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board

3:56-cv-01662 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: 1956

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a school desegregation case determining whether the school system of East Baton Rouge Parish was fully desegregated and provided equal …

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PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
CODING IN PROCESS
Dilworth v. Riner

Not Available | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: 1964

None
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. West Peachtree Tenth Corporation

69-12839 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: 1969

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit brought by the United States against the operator of a high rise apartment unit for an alleged pattern of racial discriminati…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Evans v. Buchanan

57-cv-01816 | U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Filed Date: 1957

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit requiring that African-American students be admitted to public schools on a racially nondiscriminatory basis. The case was fi…

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PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
CODING IN PROCESS
Gardner v. State of Alabama

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1966

None
EDUCATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Vorchheimer v. School District of Pennsylvania

2:74-cv-00791 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: 1974

None
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
USA and Stout v. Jefferson County Bd of Education

65-00396

None
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections

64-cv-03253 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: 1964

None
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Vetterli v. United States District Court for the Central District of California

75-00164 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: 1968

None
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Katzenbach v. Morgan

65-cv-01915

Filed Date: 1965

None
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
CODING IN PROCESS
Watson v. City of Memphis

Not Available | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: 1960

None
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
United States of America v. Lucky

61-08366 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: 1961

None
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. The Executive Committee of the Democratic Party of Greene County, Alabama

66-00321 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1966

None
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
UNITED STATES v. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF VALDOSTA CITY, GA

7:70-cv-00861 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: 1970

None
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Katharine Ward

61-cv-08547 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: 1961

None
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
[Untitled]

None
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
U.S. v. Clinton Municipal Separate School District

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: 1967

None
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
U.S. v. Hale County Board of Education

66-cv-03980 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1966

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a case determining whether the Hale County Board of Education had adequately desegregated its schools. The case was filed in 1966, in t…

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EDUCATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Board of Education of City School District of the City of New York v. Califano

1:78-02135 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: 1978

None
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
USA v. South Park Independent School District

06819 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: 1970

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the Attorney General sued on behalf of the United States, alleging that the South Park Independent School District h…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
U.S. v. Hinds County School District

3:00-04075 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: 1976

{MORE TK ON THE INITIATION OF THIS LAWSUIT}This matter was consolidated with twenty-four other school desegregation cases in the Southern District of Mississippi under the name United States v. Hinds…

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PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
CODING IN PROCESS
Pullum and United States v. Greene

66-00625 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: 1966

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a class action lawsuit brought against jury commissioners and other government officials.The plaintiffs sought to end alleged discrimin…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
USA v. Midland Independent School District

71-30799 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: 1971

None
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Mintzes

69-20698 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: 1969

None
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Brown v. State Realty Company

12943 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

None
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
Brown v. State Realty Company

69-cv-12943 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: 1969

None
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
Du Bose v. WM. E. Gorey Realty

69-00422 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: 1969

None
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Montgomery v. Oakley Training School

04117 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a school desegregation case for the two juvenile reform schools in Mississippi.  The case was filed in the United States District Court…

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FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Knippers and Day Real Estate, Inc.

68-00123 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: 1968

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.]  This is a lawsuit in which the  Attorney General filed suit on behalf of the United States, alleging that the defendants had engaged in a patt…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Texas Education Agency v. USA

1:70-cv-05281 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: 1970

None
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. Atkins

61-02584 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1961

Closed Date: 1965

This case is part of the Clearinghouse Special Collection on the events and litigation leading up to and surrounding the famous Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965. The Department of Justice field t…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Biloxi Municipal Separate School District

63-02643 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: 1963

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a case brought by the United States to ensure that members and civilian employees of its Armed Forces were not racially discriminated a…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
United States and Aaron Lee Smith v. Board of Education, Independent School District No. 1, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

4:68-00185 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: 1971

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the United States alleged that the defendants had engaged in racial discrimination in their creation of attendance z…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Hines

63-00609 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1963

None
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
United States by Clark v. H. K. Porter Company, Inc.

67-00363 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1967

Closed Date: 1974

This case predates PACER, so we do not have a docket. Information from the case was found in court opinions and in documents uploaded below, which were found in the papers of Brian Landsberg.In 1967,…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Lynd

61-01646 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: 1961

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the United States alleged that African-American applicants for voter registration in Forrest County, Mississippi, we…

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DISABILITY RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. University Hospital of the State University of New York at Stony Brook

1:83-cv-04818 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: 1983

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the United States filed suit, seeking to compel the university hospital to allow the Department of Health and Human …

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PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. City of Shreveport

62-08845 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: 1962

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit related to racial segregation on buses in the city of Shreveport, which the United States alleged violated provisions of the …

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
CODING IN PROCESS
White and United States v. Crook

65-02263 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1965

None
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. State of Alabama (Montgomery County)

65-02255 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1965

None
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
CODING IN PROCESS
United States of America v. Harrison County

60-02262 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: 1960

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit brought by the United States to compel Harrison County, Mississippi to take action to prevent discrimination against African-…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
United States of America v. The County Executive Committee of the Democratic Party of Clarendon County, South Carolina

66-00459 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: 1966

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a case related to the voting rights of people who are illiterate. The case was filed on May 18, 1966, in the United States District Cou…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
United States of America v. Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

15793 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: 1965

None
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
United States of America v. The Commonwealth of Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: 1965

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which a California resident sued the Kinder and Life Insurance Company of North America, alleging discrimination in the sa…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
United States of America v. The State of Texas

66-01370 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: 1966

None
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
Zuch v. Hussey

2:72-cv-38757 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: 1972

PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
CODING IN PROCESS
In Re: The Greensboro News Company

84-01039 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: 1984

(There's no summary yet, while we research the case.)
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
Reichardt v. Kinder and Life Insurance Company of North America

74-01179 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: 1974

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which a California resident sued the Kinder and Life Insurance Company of North America,  alleging discrimination in the s…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
USA v. The Board of Public Instruction of Bay County

63-00569 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: 1963

None
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Bossier Parish School Board

09282 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: 1963

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.]  This is a case brought by the United States to ensure that members and civilian employees of its Armed Forces were not racially discriminated …

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PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. The Warren Company, Inc.

Not Available | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1964

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit alleging that the Warren Company had denied African-Americans equal enjoyment of their goods and establishments.The case was …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. State of Alabama (Macon County)

00479 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

None
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Blackburn (Perry County, Alabama)

62-cv-02881 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1962

None
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
United States of America v. The Dougherty County Board of Education

Not Available | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: 1962

None
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
United States of America v. Mobile County Board of School Commissioners

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1962

(There's no summary yet, while we research the case.)
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
United States of America v. Muscogee County Board of Education

Not Available | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: 1962

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.]  This is a case brought by the United States to ensure that members and civilian employees of its Armed Forces were not racially discriminated …

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
United States of America v. County School Board of Prince George County

63-03536 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: 1963

None
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
CODING IN PROCESS
United States of America v. John J. Fraiser Jr.

Not Available | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: 1961

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a segregation lawsuit  in which the plaintiffs sought injunction to prevent “unlawful and unconstitutional burden upon and interference…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Board of Registration of Louisiana

64-02866 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: 1964

None
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Dunn

Not Available | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1963

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the Attorney General sued on behalf of the United States, alleging that the defendant had refused to allow African-A…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Ford (Choctaw County)

62-cv-02829 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1962

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the Attorney General sued on behalf of the United States, alleging that the defendants, C. E. Ford, Raymond F. Lee, …

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. State of New Jersey

2:73-cv-00950 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: 1973

(There's no summary yet, while we research the case.)
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
United States and Brown v. Board of Education of the City of Bessemer

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1965

(There's no summary yet, while we research the case.)
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
CODING IN PROCESS
United States of America v. Mayor and Selectmen of McComb City

61-03215 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: 1961

None
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
CODING IN PROCESS
United States of America v. Lassiter

08612 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: 1961

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the United States sought to restrain the enforcement of racial segregation in the waiting room facilities of common …

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Angel v. Louisiana State Board of Education

60-01658 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: 1960

None
POLICING
Friedman v. United States

65-18245 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: 1965

Closed Date: March 16, 1967

The United States charged the defendant in this case with lying to the FBI under 18 U.S.C. § 1001 (making a false statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of a department or agency of the United…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
CODING IN PROCESS
Nashville I-40 Steering Committee v. Ellington

67-18288 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: 1967

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which members of an unincorporated association sought to restrain state officials from constructing a highway along a spec…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Sanders v. Ellington

68-05077 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: 1968

(There's no summary yet, while we research the case.)
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Ramsey

61-01084 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: 1961

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a case related to the voter registration of African-Americans in the state of Mississippi. The case was filed on July 6, 1961, in the U…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
Ethridge v. Rhodes

67-cv-00053 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: 1967

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a class action lawsuit in which the plaintiffs sought to prevent the state of Ohio from entering into contracts for the construction of…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, #38

67-00575 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: 1967

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs alleged that a branch of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers had discriminated  again…

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FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
Otey v. Common Council of Milwaukee

67-00402 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: 1967

None
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
Building Contractors Association v. Rutgers

65-01350 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: 1965

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit related to alleged racial discrimination in the development of buildings for Rutgers University such as the Law Center. The c…

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EDUCATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Singleton v. Anson County School Board

68-02259 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Filed Date: 1968

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit brought to determine  whether the Anson County School District had fully integrated its schools. The case was filed on July 3…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
Massenburg v. Brenco, Inc.

No docket | No Court

Filed Date: 1967

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
CODING IN PROCESS
Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School Distrcit 205

Illinois state trial court

Filed Date: 1967

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which a teacher who was dismissed from his position by the Board of Education of Township High School District after publi…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Loving v. Commonwealth of Virginia

59-04138 | Virginia state trial court

Filed Date: 1959

Closed Date: 1967

In this landmark civil rights case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state statutes banning interracial marriage violated the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to …

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Broussard v. Houston Independent School District

66-00334 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: 1966

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a class action lawsuit brought to determine whether it was appropriate for a school board to select sites for building construction and…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Lemon v. Bossier Parish School Board

10687 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: 1965

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a school desegregation lawsuit in which the parents of African-American children eligible to attend parish schools sued the Bossier Par…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

68-06473 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: 1968

None
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Ross v. Eckels

60-10444 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: 1960

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a school desegregation case brought to determine the necessity of modifications in an equidistant zoning school desegregation plan. The…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
Jenkins v. United Gas Corporation

65-cv-05152 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: 1965

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which an African-American employee of the United Gas Corporation sued his employer, alleging that he had been subjected to…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. School District 151 of Cook County, Illinois

1:68-cv-00755 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: 1968

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit brought in which the Attorney General filed suit on behalf of the United States, seeking to desegregate grammar schools in th…

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FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. Town and Country Homes

None
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
CODING IN PROCESS
Chandler v. Garrison

67-01545 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: 1967

None
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
CODING IN PROCESS
Cascade Natural Gas Corporation v. El Paso Natural Gas Co.

57-cv-00143 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: 1957

None
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Brewer v. School Board of Norfolk

Not Available | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: 1965

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs took issue with specific aspects of a desegregation plan for the schools of Norfolk County. The case …

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FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
Mercer Bratcher v. Akron Area Board of Realtors

Not Available | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: 1965

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs alleged that the defendants had purposefully prevented African-Americans from buying or renting real …

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Bowman v. County School Board of Charles City County

66-cv-04265 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: 1966

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a school desegregation case brought to determine whether the lack of complete integration in Charles City County schools was a result o…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Virginia

Not available | Virginia state trial court

Filed Date: 1962

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the Virginia State Bar Association sought to enjoin the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen from engaging in practices …

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
CODING IN PROCESS
United Mine Workers of America v. Illinois State Bar Association

Not Available | Illinois state trial court

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the Illinois State Bar Association sought to enjoin the United Mine Workers of America from engaging in practices th…

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INDIGENT DEFENSE
Hackin v. Arizona

No. 8990 | Arizona state supreme court

Filed Date: 1966

Closed Date: Nov. 13, 1967

Plaintiff filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in Arizona state court after being convicted of violating A.R.S. s 32—261, an Arizona statute prohibiting any person from practicing law in Ariz…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Board of Education of Ben Hill County

62-00642 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: 1962

None
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Balaban v. Rubin

New York state trial court

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a case related to the racial and ethnic composition of the incoming class at a new junior high school. The case was filed in a New York…

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
CODING IN PROCESS
Esteban v. Central Missouri State College

67-16473 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: 1967

None
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
Dykes v. The Monsanto Company

67-01114 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas

Filed Date: 1967

None
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
Reese v. Atlantic Steel Company

66-10309 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: 1966

None
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
Hicks v. Crown Zellerbach Corporation

67-16638 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: 1967

None
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
CODING IN PROCESS
Maxwell v. Good Samaritan Hospital Association, Inc.

No. 1098 | Florida state appellate court

Filed Date: 1967

None
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
Southern Illinois Builders Association v. Ogilvie

3:71-cv-04748 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Filed Date: 1971

None
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Columbus Branch of NAACP v. Rhodes

67-cv-00053 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: 1967

None
PUBLIC HOUSING
CODING IN PROCESS
Crow v. Brown

1:70-cv-14954 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: 1970

(There's no summary yet, while we research the case.)
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Deal v. Cincinnati Board of Education

65-05483 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: 1965

(There's no summary yet, while we research the case.)
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Roe v. Board of Directors of Seattle School District

938291 | Washington state trial court

Filed Date: 1977

SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Greenwood Municipal Separate School District v. United States

01226 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: 1969

(There's no summary yet, while we research the case.)
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
CODING IN PROCESS
Pittsburgh Press Company v. The Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations

No. S. A. 768 of 1970 | Pennsylvania state trial court

Filed Date: 1970

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the National Organization for Women, Inc. (NOW) alleged that the Pittsburgh Press Company had violated the Pittsburg…

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EDUCATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Lau v. Nichols

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: 1969

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit alleging that  non-English-speaking Chinese students in the San Francisco Unified School District had received either inadequ…

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EDUCATION
CODING IN PROCESS
United States of America v. Barnett

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: 1961

(There's no summary yet, while we research the case.)
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
In re Wallace

58-01487 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1958

Closed Date: 1959

This case is part of the Clearinghouse Special Collection on the events and litigation leading up to and surrounding the famous Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965. On October 23, 1958, the Departme…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. Alabama

60-cv-00479 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1960

Closed Date: 1961

This case is part of the Clearinghouse Special Collection on the events and litigation leading up to and surrounding the famous Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965. In 1960, the Department of Justic…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. Penton

61-cv-01741 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1961

Closed Date: 1962

This case is part of the Clearinghouse Special Collection on the events and litigation leading up to and surrounding the famous Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965. In May 1960, pursuant to allegati…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. Cartwright

63-cv-01957 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1963

Closed Date: 1964

This case is part of the Clearinghouse Special Collection on the events and litigation leading up to and surrounding the famous Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965. The Department of Justice brought…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Lee and United States of America v. Macon County School Board (S.D. Ala. cases)

1:70-cv-05945 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1970

This Clearinghouse entry discusses the post 1970 proceedings in Lee v. Macon County, a seminal Alabama desegregation case. That case originated in the Middle District of Alabama and was transferred t…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Lee and United States of America v. Macon County School Board (M.D. Ala. cases)

3:70-cv-00846 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1970

This Clearinghouse entry discusses the post 1970 proceedings in Lee v. Macon County, a seminal Alabama desegregation case. That case originated in the Middle District of Alabama and was transferred t…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
U.S. v. Alabama

2:15-cv-00368 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 28, 2015

Case Ongoing

On February 26, 2013, the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division sent notice to the Alabama Department of Corrections that it would be conducting an investigation of the Julia Tutwiler Prison. T…

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FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Coleman v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.

3:98-cv-00211 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: March 9, 1998

Closed Date: 2007

In 1998, a car buyer complaining about the terms of her car loan brought this case as a proposed class-action lawsuit against General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC) in the U.S. District Court f…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
U.S. v. Montana

6:94-cv-00090 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: Dec. 1, 1994

Closed Date: 2002

In November of 1993, the United States government initiated an investigation of the Montana State Prison ("MSP") pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ("CRIPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1…

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PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Baird

2:94-cr-00162 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: April 28, 1994

None
JAIL CONDITIONS
U.S. v. San Diego

3:91-cv-00764 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: June 5, 1991

Closed Date: 1996

On June 5, 1991, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit in the District Court for the Southern District of California, seeking an injunction barring San Diego County from denying the DOJ full acc…

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FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
Massaro v. Mainlands Section 1 and 2 Civic Ass'n, Inc.

0:90-cv-06297 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: April 12, 1990

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a class action lawsuit in which the plaintiffs sued their homeowners’ association, alleging that the organization had unfairly discrimi…

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EDUCATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Crawford v. Honig

3:89-cv-00014 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 4, 1989

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a case related to the alleged abuse of IQ testing on African-American children. The plaintiffs alleged that this form of testing was ra…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
United States v. Board of Education for the School District of Philadelphia and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

2:87-cv-02842 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: May 1, 1987

Closed Date: Sept. 12, 1990

This suit was brought by the United States in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Board of Education for the School Dist…

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MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Johnson & U.S. v. Florida

8:87-cv-00369 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: March 11, 1987

Closed Date: 2010

On March 11, 1987, mentally ill patients at G. Pierce Wood Memorial Hospital (GPW), filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the State of Florida in the U.S. District Court for the…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
United States v. City of Warren

2:86-cv-75435 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Oct. 31, 1986

Closed Date: 2003

On October 31, 1986, the U.S. Department of Justice ("D.O.J.") filed a lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e, against the City of Warren, Michigan and the City of W…

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INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
U.S. v. Connecticut

3:86-cv-00252 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: July 25, 1986

Closed Date: 2009

On May 1, 1984, the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division informed the Governor of Connecticut that it would investigate the living conditions at Southbury Training School, an ins…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
U.S. v. New Castle County

1:85-cv-00692 | U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Filed Date: Nov. 27, 1985

On November 27, 1985, the United States filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. It sued New Castle County and its Public Safety, Police, and Personnel Dep…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
U.S. v. Spring Branch Independent School District

4:84-cv-02949 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: July 12, 1984

None
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
United States v. Indiana

1:84-cv-00411 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: March 16, 1984

Closed Date: 1984

On March 16, 1984, the United States filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997 et seq, against the State of Indiana, the I…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
U.S. v. City of Wadsworth

5:83-cv-05160 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Dec. 28, 1983

None
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
U.S. v. Jesse Williams

4:83-cv-00094 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: June 29, 1983

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the Attorney General of the United States sued the Sheriff of Patrick County on behalf of the United States, allegin…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
U.S. v. The Sheriff of Lancaster County

3:83-cv-00136 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: March 7, 1983

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit related to alleged sex-based discrimination by the Sheriff of Lancaster County. The case was filed on March 7, 1983, in the U…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
U.S. v. Commonweath of Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation

3:82-cv-00933 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Dec. 30, 1982

None
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
City of Pleasant Grove v. United States

1:80-02589 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 9, 1980

Closed Date: Jan. 21, 1987

This is a case about an annexed municipality being refused pre-clearance under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.  In 1980, The City of Pleasant Grove (plaintiff) filed an action in the U.S.…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Board of Education of City of Chicago

1:80-cv-05124 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Sept. 24, 1980

(There's no summary yet, while we research the case.)  
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
Hishon v. King & Spalding

1:80-cv-00326 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Feb. 27, 1980

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the plaintiff, a female former associate of King & Spalding, sued the law firm over their decision not to grant her …

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
United States v. City of Farmington

6:80-cv-00037 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Jan. 10, 1980

Closed Date: 1985

In 1980, the United States filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico against the City of Farmington, its Mayor, City Councilors, City Manager and Personnel Officer in …

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POLICING
United States v. City of Philadelphia

2:79-02937 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 13, 1979

Closed Date: Dec. 29, 1980

The Department of Justice sued the City of Philadelphia for declaratory and injunctive relief on August 13, 1979, alleging a pervasive pattern of police abuse by the Philadelphia Police Department. S…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
CODING IN PROCESS
Ohio Contractors Association v. The Economic Development Administration

1:77-00619 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Oct. 30, 1977

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the Ohio Contractors Association sued the Economic Development Association, the city of Cincinnati, and the Secretar…

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EDUCATION
Doe v. Plyler

6:77-cv-00261 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Sept. 6, 1977

Closed Date: June 15, 1982

This is a case that reached the Supreme Court in 1982; in an opinion by Justice Brennan, the Court held that denying undocumented children of undocumented immigrants the right to attend public school…

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EDUCATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Iron Arrow Honor Society v. Hufstedler

1:76-cv-01850 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Oct. 21, 1976

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the Iron Arrow Honor Society, an all-male honorary organization, sued the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Th…

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PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
CODING IN PROCESS
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Wilmington Medical Center, Inc.

1:76-cv-00298 | U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Filed Date: Sept. 10, 1976

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a class action lawsuit in which numerous civil rights organizations, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored …

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
CODING IN PROCESS
Baltimore v. Mathews; Mandel v. US Dept. of Health

1:76-00001 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Jan. 5, 1976

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the Governor of Maryland, the Mayor of Baltimore, and the City Council of Baltimore sued the United States Departmen…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Pima County Community College District

4:75-cv-00280 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 1975

None
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
United States of America v. The University of Maryland

1:75-cv-01509 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Oct. 21, 1975

None
EDUCATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Davis v. Southeastern Community College

3:75-cv-00041 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Sept. 8, 1975

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit related to the Southeastern Community College’s refusal to allow a licensed practical nurse with a serious hearing disability…

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EDUCATION
Cannon v. University of Chicago

1:75-02402 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 18, 1975

Closed Date: June 7, 1989

This is a case about a female medical school applicant who alleged that she was denied admission because of her gender and age in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and mu…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
Cramer v. Virginia Commonwealth University

3:75-cv-00271 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: June 10, 1975

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which a male applicant for a teaching position at the Virginia Commonwealth University sued the university, alleging that …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
City of Mobile, AL v. Bolden; Williams v. Brown

1:75-cv-00297 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: June 9, 1975

None
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
United States v. Jefferson County

2:75-cv-00666 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 27, 1975

Case Ongoing

On January 4, 1974, the Ensley Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, together with certain named individuals, for themselves and on behalf of others similarly situ…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney

1:75-cv-01991 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: May 20, 1975

Closed Date: Feb. 25, 1980

On May 20, 1975, a non-veteran woman who had applied for civil service positions in Massachusetts filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the Commonwea…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
United States v. Allegheny-Ludlum Industries

2:74-cv-00339 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 12, 1974

Closed Date: 1989

On April 12, 1974, the United States of America, in the name of the Secretary of Labor and the EEOC, filed this employment discrimination case under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amen…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
United States of America v. State of North Carolina

5:73-cv-04476 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 1973

This case challenged North Carolina's use of a qualifying exam to certify teachers, alleging that the state's use of exam cut-off scores discriminated against Black and other minority candidates. On …

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
Hazelwood School District v. United States

4:73-00553 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Aug. 10, 1973

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the Attorney General of the United States sued the Hazelwood School District. The plaintiff alleged that the distric…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
Williams v. City of New Orleans

2:73-cv-00629 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: March 9, 1973

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a class action lawsuit in which thirteen African-American police officers and applicants sued the City of New Orleans, the New Orleans …

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
Weber v. KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORP. and United Steelworkers of America AFL-CIO

2:74-cv-03510 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: March 9, 1973

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which a white employee of Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. sued his employer, seeking to challenge the legality of Kaise…

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FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
Barrick Realty v. City of Gary, Indiana

2:72-cv-00259 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Oct. 12, 1972

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs sought permanent injunction against the enforcement of a city ordinance which forbade the use of ‘for…

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FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
USA v. Grempler Realty

1:72-cv-00759 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: July 25, 1972

None
PRISON CONDITIONS
Ruiz v. Estelle

4:78-cv-00987 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: June 1, 1972

Closed Date: June 17, 2002

This was a prisoner led class action which broadly challenged conditions and practices within the Texas state prison system. Issues covered included overcrowding, inadequate healthcare, unsafe workin…

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PUBLIC HOUSING
CODING IN PROCESS
Robertson v. Perk

1:72-cv-00115 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Feb. 2, 1972

None
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Booker v. Special School District No. 1

4:71-cv-00832 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Aug. 10, 1971

None
PUBLIC HOUSING
CODING IN PROCESS
Youritan Construction Co. v. USA

3:71-cv-01163 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 16, 1971

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the United States sued the Youritan Construction Company, alleging that the company had discriminated against racial…

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FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
United States of America v. City of Black Jack

4:71-cv-00372 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: June 14, 1971

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the Attorney General sued the City of Black Jack on behalf of the United States of America. The plaintiff alleged th…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Williams v. McKeithen

3:71-cv-00098 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: March 26, 1971

Closed Date: May 2, 2006

This is one of a collection of § 1983 inmate cases filed in Louisiana federal courts to challenge the operation and conditions of confinement in the Louisiana prison system and in parish and city jai…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Cleveland Board of Education v. Fleur

1:79-cv-00292 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: March 26, 1971

(There's no summary yet, while we research the case.)
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
Johnson v. Homestead Realty, Inc.

1:70-01636 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 8, 1970

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs, an African-American married couple, alleged that Homestead Realty, Inc. refused to sell them a house…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Carter v. Gallagher

4:70-cv-00399 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 1970

Closed Date: Jan. 2, 2001

In September 1970 a group of black applicants to the Minneapolis Fire Department filed suit against the Civil Service Commission and Minneapolis Fire Department in the Federal District Court for the …

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FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Hunter

1:70-cv-00816 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: July 14, 1970

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a civil action in which the Attorney General sued the editor and publisher of The Courier on behalf of the United States of America, al…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Craig

3:70-cv-00636 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: July 10, 1970

(There's no summary yet, while we research the case.)
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
United States of America v. Lake

2:70-cv-00805 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: July 8, 1970

None
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
United States of America v. Armbruster

4:70-cv-00108 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: March 10, 1970

None
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
CODING IN PROCESS
Henry and United States v. First National Bank of Clarksdale

2:69-00058 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Nov. 7, 1969

This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which Mississippi Action for Progress, Inc. and others sought an order restraining merchants from enforcing state antitrust…

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PUBLIC HOUSING
CODING IN PROCESS
Valtierra v. Housing Authority of the City of San Jose

3:69-00001 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 1969

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs challenged the constitutionality of Article XXXIV of the California State Constitution, which require…

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FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
United States of America v. Tilden Gardens, Inc.

1:69-02703 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 24, 1969

None
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
USA v. City of Lackawanna

1:68-cv-00385 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 2, 1968

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs sued the City of Lackawanna and its mayor, alleging that the defendants had violated the Fourteenth A…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Cisneros v. Corpus Christi Independent School District

2:68-cv-00095 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: July 22, 1968

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit related to alleged historical practices of racial discrimination by the Corpus Christi Independent School District. The case …

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Wood Wire and Metal Lathers International Union, Local 46

1:68-cv-02116 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 22, 1968

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the Attorney General sued the Wood, Wire, and Metal Lathers International Union on behalf of the United States of Am…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Roadway Express, Inc.

1:68-00321 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 2, 1968

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the United States of America alleged that Roadway Express, Inc. racially discriminated against African-Americans in …

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Local 189, United Papermakers and Paperworkers, AFL-CIO, CLC

2:68-00205 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 1968

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the United States sued United Papermakers and Paperworkers, alleging that their use of job seniority in employment p…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Southern Weaving Company

6:68-00010 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: Jan. 12, 1968

None
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
U.S. v. Pasadena Independent School District

4:83-cv-05107 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 1967

None
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Adams v. Rankin County Board of Education

3:67-cv-04156 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 1967

Case Ongoing

This is a school desegregation case that was filed on August 1, 1967 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Plaintiffs, black students and their families who resided in …

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen

4:67-00243 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: July 24, 1967

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the Attorney General sued the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company (Frisco) and the Brotherhood of Railroad Train…

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PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
CODING IN PROCESS
Sobol v. Perez

2:67-00243 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Feb. 22, 1967

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which a civil rights attorney sued the chairman of the Plaquemines Parish Council, seeking injunctive relief. The case was…

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
CODING IN PROCESS
State of Louisiana v. Duncan

14434 | Louisiana state trial court

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 1966

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a case in which a black teenager was tried for allegedly slapping a white teenager on the elbow. The case was filed on December 19, 196…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Allen v. State Board of Elections

05041 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Nov. 28, 1966

None
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Bandy v. Jury Commission of Lee County

66-cv-00720 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Nov. 14, 1966

This case predates PACER. Information for this summary came from the complaint and orders uploaded below, which were found in the papers of David Norman.On November 14, 1966, a black criminal defenda…

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Davis v. Jury Commission of Montgomery County

2:66-cv-02479 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Nov. 5, 1966

In this case, a Black man charged with a crime in Montgomery County, Alabama, challenged the County's policy of systematically excluding Black people from jury service. On November 5, 1966, the plain…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
Griggs v. Duke Power Company

2:66-cv-00210 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Oct. 20, 1966

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a class action lawsuit brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The plaintiffs alleged that Duke Power Company’s use of…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Mengelkoch v. Industrial Welfare Commission

66-01618 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 10, 1966

This is a case that came to the Clearinghouse from the Papers of David Marlin. It's part of the Civil Rights Division Archival Collection. Because it predates PACER, we have limited information about…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
Pettway v. American Cast Iron Pipe Company and EEOC

2:66-00315 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 13, 1966

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a class action lawsuit in which African-American employees of the American Cast Iron Pipe Company sued their employer, alleging that th…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Dent v. St. Louis- San Francisco Railway Company

2:66-cv-00065 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 1966

This case predates PACER, so we do not have a docket or many of the documents. Information from the case was found in reported court opinions and in the briefs uploaded below, which were donated to t…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
U.S. v. Sheet Metal Workers International Association, Local Union No. 36, AFL-CIO

4:66-cv-00058 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 4, 1966

On February 4, 1966, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, the United States filed a civil complaint seeking injunctive relief against six labor-related organizations alleg…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
U.S and Thomas v. Wilcox County Board of Education

1:65-03934 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Nov. 22, 1965

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the Attorney General sued the Wilcox County Board of Education on behalf of the United States, alleging that the def…

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PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
White v. Crook

65-02263 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Aug. 25, 1965

Closed Date: Feb. 7, 1966

This case is part of the Clearinghouse Special Collection on the events and litigation leading up to and surrounding the famous Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965. On August 25, 1965, two plaintiff…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Katzenbach v. Morgan

1:65-01915 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 6, 1965

Closed Date: June 13, 1966

This case involves a challenge to Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. New York election law required Puerto Rican voters to prove their English proficiency by showing they had completed ed…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
U.S. v. Jefferson County Bd. of Ed./Stout v. Jefferson County Bd. of Ed.

2:65-cv-00396 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: June 4, 1965

Case Ongoing

This is the case in which the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals took the firm position that "freedom of choice" plans could be legally insufficient to meet the constitutional obligations of a formerly d…

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
United States v. Wilkins

65-cr-11736 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 6, 1965

Closed Date: 1967

This case is part of the Clearinghouse Special Collection on the events and litigation leading up to and surrounding the famous Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965. Thousands of demonstrators walked…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Williams v. Wallace

2:65-cv-02181 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: March 8, 1965

Closed Date: 1965

This case is part of the Clearinghouse Special Collection on the events and litigation leading up to and surrounding the famous Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965. Despite the Civil Rights Act and …

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PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
U.S. v. James G. Clark, Jr.

64-03438 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Sept. 2, 1964

Closed Date: 1969

This case is part of the Clearinghouse Special Collection on the events and litigation leading up to and surrounding the famous Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965. This suit was filed on 9/2/1964. …

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PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
Katzenbach v. McClung

64-cv-00448 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: July 31, 1964

Closed Date: Dec. 14, 1964

This lawsuit is about the scope of the federal government's power to prohibit race discrimination by private entities. It involved Ollie's, a Birmingham, AL restaurant that refused to provide sit-in …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. McLeod

64-cv-03188 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 1963

Closed Date: Oct. 16, 1967

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the Attorney General filed suit on behalf of the United States, alleging that the defendants had deprived African-Am…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. McLeod (Dallas County)

1:63-03188 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 1963

Closed Date: 1967

This case is part of the Clearinghouse Special Collection on the events and litigation leading up to and surrounding the famous Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965. This suit and United States v. Dal…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. Dallas County

2:63-cv-03064 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: June 26, 1963

Closed Date: Oct. 16, 1967

This case is part of the Clearinghouse Special Collection on the events and litigation leading up to and surrounding the famous Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965. This suit and United States v. McL…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Birdie Mae Davis & United States v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County

1:63-cv-03003 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: March 27, 1963

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit related to the desegregation of the Mobile County School System and its transition to a unitary school system. The case was f…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Lee v. Macon County Bd. of Ed.

3:63-cv-00604 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 1963

Closed Date: 1970

IntroductionThis case began on 1963 when a group of Black students and parents sought to desegregate the twenty public schools of Macon County, Alabama. At that time seventeen of the county’s schools…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Carr v. Montgomery County Board of Education

2:64-02072 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: June 15, 1962

Closed Date: 1993

This desegregation case ran from 1964 to 1993, governing the schools in Montgomery County, Alabama, a school district that includes both the City of Montgomery and the surrounding county. On 6/15/196…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. James Griggs Raines

2:58-cv-00442 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: Sept. 4, 1958

Closed Date: Jan. 24, 1961

In this case brought under the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the United States alleged that the Registrars of Terrell County, GA purposefully delayed and arbitrarily denied Black voters' registrations in…

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