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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Fisher v. Int'l Longshoremen's Ass'n Deep Sea Local 1408

99-cv-01241 | Florida state trial court

Filed Date: 1999

Closed Date: 2005

In 1999, a group of female longshoremen filed suit against the International Longshoremen's Association in Florida Circuit Court. The plaintiffs alleged that sex discrimination, harassment, and retaliation constituted discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e. Specifically, the plaintiffs contended that female workers were repeatedly passed over for job assignments and that they were subjected to harassment, including unwanted touching and implied promi…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
Ling v. Regents of the University of California

01-cv-35654 | California state trial court

Filed Date: 2001

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Cokely v. New York Convention Center Operating Corporation

1:00-cv-04637 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: June 22, 2000

Closed Date: 2013

On June 22, 2000, several employees of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, filed a lawsuit pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Act of 1871, alleging discrimination based on race, ethnicity, and gender. They sued the New York Convention Center Operating Corporation in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs also based their claims on several New York statutes addressing employment discrimination and the Equal Pay Ac…
INDIGENT DEFENSE
Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (FACDL) v. Florida

07-02898 | Florida state trial court

Filed Date: May 24, 2007

On May 24, 2007, the Governor of Florida signed into law the Act set forth in CS/SB 1088, Ch. 2007-62, Laws of Fla. ("the Act"). The Act provided for the establishment of five Offices of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel (OCCCRCs) which would be responsible for handling a majority of criminal conflict cases as well as certain civil cases on behalf of indigent clients. The Act further provided that the Offices were to be directed by five Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel …
INDIGENT DEFENSE
In the Matter of the Review of Issues Concerning Representation of Indigent Defendants in Criminal and Juvenile Delinquency Cases

07-00411 | Nevada state trial court

Filed Date: 2007

In 2007, the Supreme Court of Nevada became concerned that the provision of indigent defense in the state was deficient and required reform. On April 26, 2007, the Supreme Court of Nevada ordered that an Indigent Defense Commission be created for the purpose of studying issues relating to selection, appointment, compensation, qualifications, performance standards, and caseloads of counsel assigned to represent indigent defendants in criminal and juvenile delinquency cases throughout Nevada. T…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Koskinas v. Cuomo

87-26499 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: 1987

Closed Date: Feb. 18, 1993

Plaintiffs, homeless and mentally ill persons who had been discharged from state mental hospitals, filed two complaints in New York County's Supreme Court of the State of New York. (In that state, the "Supreme Court" is a trial court.) Represented by private counsel from a large New York City law firm, plaintiffs alleged that state and municipal officials and agencies, the defendants, had failed to comply with their obligation under state law (Mental Hygene Law § 29.15 (f) and (g)) to provide…
INDIGENT DEFENSE
Gilliard v. Carson

3:71-cv-00028 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 1971

These consolidated cases in the United States District Court, Middle District of Florida began sometime before 1971 when several indigent defendants, convicted in the Municipal Court of Jacksonville of offenses punishable by imprisonment for less than six months, filed petitions for writs of habeas corpus. They alleged that they had been tried and convicted without counsel solely on account of their indigency. At the time, the prevailing law in Florida, as set forth by the Florida courts, was…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Thomas v. Henry

08-00046 | Oklahoma state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 3, 2008

On January 3, 2008, an Oklahoma taxpayer filed suit in the Tulsa County District Court for the State of Oklahoma, challenging the newly enacted Oklahoma state immigration law - HB 1804 ("Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act of 2007"). The Act made it a felony crime for a person who, knowingly or in reckless disregard of an alien's status, transported, harbored or concealed any undocumented immigrant. It also required state and local agencies and public employers to verify applicants' …
POLICING
New York Civil Liberties Union v. New York City Police Dept.

07-115154 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: Nov. 13, 2007

Closed Date: 2008

On November 13, 2007, the plaintiff filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, under Article 78 of the New York Civil Practice Laws and Rules. The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), as the plaintiff, represented itself and asked the court to compel the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to comply with New York State Freedom of Information Law and turn over its stop-and-frisk database. In July 2007, the NYCLU filed a Freedom of Information Law (FOI…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Jones v. Hayman

07-00123 | New Jersey state trial court

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2007

Closed Date: 2011

On December 12, 2007, more than 40 women prisoners filed a class action suit against the New Jersey Department of Corrections in the Superior Court of New Jersey, under various provisions of state law. Plaintiffs, who were represented by the ACLU of New Jersey and the ACLU's Women's Rights Project, sought injunctive and declaratory relief, challenging their transfer and subsequent treatment as violative of their due process and equal protection rights, their right to be free from cruel and unus…