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CHILD WELFARE
Salazar v. Edwards

No. 92 Ch 5703 | Illinois state trial court

Filed Date: 1992

Closed Date: 1999

In 1992, homeless children and their parents filed a class action lawsuit in Illinois State Court against the Illinois State Board of Education, the Illinois Coordinator for Homeless Children and Youth, the State Superintendent of Education, the Chicago School Board, and the Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees. A children class and parent class was created. The children class consisted of all children between the ages of three and twenty who were or would be living in Chicago, homeless, and…
JAIL CONDITIONS
R.W.T. v. Dalton

4:78-00930 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Sept. 6, 1978

A class of juveniles represented by Legal Services of Eastern Missouri filed a lawsuit in 1978 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, against state judges, state juvenile officers, and county sheriffs, alleging unconstitutional conditions of confinement in the St. Charles, Pike, and Lincoln County jails and denial of their constitutional rights when they were confined without probable cause hearings. The issue of conditions of confinement was se…
JAIL CONDITIONS
McClendon v. City of Albuquerque

6:95-cv-00024 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Jan. 10, 1995

On January 10, 1995, detainees at the Bernalillo County Detention Center (BCDC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico filed this class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sued the BCDC under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985, and 1986, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000d), alleging that gross overcrowding and racial discrimination at the jail violated the First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, Thir…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Mawson v. Wideman

3:78-cv-01096 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 1978

Closed Date: April 21, 1989

In November 1978, inmates confined at the Luzerne County Prison, a jail, filed a Section 1983 class action suit, pro se, in the Middle District of Pennsylvania against county officials. Plaintiffs alleged that certain conditions of confinement were substandard and in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Specifically, plaintiffs complained of: inadequate access to courts, medical care, exercise, supplies, and mail; supervision of inmates by other inmates; denial of due process prior to punishmen…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Wyatt v. Stickney

2:70-cv-03195 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Oct. 23, 1970

Closed Date: 2003

On October 23, 1970, patients involuntarily confined for mental treatment purposes at Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (DMH/MR) in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, Northern Division. The plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that cond…
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 Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division. The plaintiffs, represented by Florida Rural Legal Services, Advocacy Center, Southern Legal Counsel, the School Board of Manatee County, the Center for Public Representation, a public defender and private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and inj…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Eckerhart v. Hensley

2:75-cv-00087 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: April 14, 1975

Closed Date: June 30, 1983

In 1975, a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of all people involuntarily confined at the Forensic Unit of the Fulton State Hospital in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri against the Missouri Mental Health Commission and officials responsible for the operation of the Forensic Unit. The plaintiffs, represented by the Legal Aid Society of St. Louis, sought injunctive and declaratory relief alleging that (1) the conditions in the Forensic Unit fell below c…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Coffelt v. Dept. of Developmental Serv.

916401 | California state supreme court

Filed Date: March 1, 1990

On March 1, 1990, a class action lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of California for the County of San Francisco, on behalf of persons with developmental disabilities and against the State of California, the Department of Developmental Services, the Department of Finance, the San Andreas Regional Center, the Golden Gate Regional Center, the Regional Center of the East Bay, and the North Bay Regional Center. The plaintiffs, represented by Protection and Advocacy, Inc., sought declaratory …
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Richard S. v. Dept. of Developmental Services of California

8:97-cv-00219 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: March 20, 1997

Closed Date: 2005

On March 20, 1997, Richard S. filed a class-action lawsuit and an application for a temporary restraining order in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against the Department of Developmental Services for the State of California and Fairview Developmental Center. Richard S. was a resident of Fairview and was represented by a private attorney. William Cable, M.D. served as guardian ad litem for the class members, developmentally disabled clients without conserv…

Correspondence Re: Dr. Cable

Richard S. v. Dept. of Developmental Services of California

Jan. 1, 1996

Proposed Order

Richard S. v. Dept. of Developmental Services of California

March 20, 1997

Declaration of Frederick Herzig, M.D. in Support of Plaintiffs' Application for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction

Richard S. v. Dept. of Developmental Services of California

March 20, 1997

Declaration of David J. Strauss, Ph.D., FASA, in Support of Plaintiffs' Application for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction

Richard S. v. Dept. of Developmental Services of California

March 20, 1997

Declaration of William Cable, M.D. in Support of Plaintiffs' Application for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction

Richard S. v. Dept. of Developmental Services of California

March 20, 1997

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INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Ricci v. Okin

1:72-cv-00469 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 14, 1972

Closed Date: 2013

On February 7, 1972 a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of mentally disabled clients of Belchertown State School in Massachusetts against various Commonwealth officials responsible for the operation of the school in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The plaintiffs, filing under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396(a), asserted that conditions at the school violated residents' statutory and constitutional rights, including the right to minimally adeq…