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Seaman v. The Commonwealth of Virginia

3:22-cv-00006 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: Feb. 1, 2022

Closed Date: Dec. 16, 2022

This suit was filed in the Charlottesville Division of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia on February 1, 2022. The plaintiffs, a group of parents representing their children, brought this action against the Commonwealth of Virginia, Governor Glenn Youngkin, the Virginia attorney general, the Virginia superintendent of public instruction, and the acting Virginia health commissioner. They argued that Governor Youngkin's signing of Executive Order 2, which prevented state…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Kwesell v. Yale University

3:19-cv-01098 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: July 16, 2019

Case Ongoing

This class action suit was brought on June 16, 2019, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. The named plaintiffs, three union-member employees of Yale University, sued in response to the institution's Health Expectation Program (HEP). The HEP was created following new collective bargaining agreements with Yale unions. It provided that union members had to complete various medical examinations, screenings, and other requirements. If an employee chose not to, Yale would take …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Americans for Immigration Justice v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:22-cv-03118 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 13, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about access to legal counsel for people in immigration detention facilities.  On October 13, 2022, five legal services providers filed suit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The complaint alleged that ICE policies prevented detained people from accessing their attorneys in four immigration detention centers, in violation of the First and Fifth Amendmen…
POLICING
United States v. City of Ferguson

4:16-cv-00180 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2016

Case Ongoing

On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black man, was fatally shot by Darren Wilson, a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, a majority-Black city in the St. Louis metro area. The shooting sparked nationwide protests and attention to police use of force and police relations Black residents. The Prosecuting Attorney for St. Louis County, Missouri, brought the case in front of a grand jury to determine whether there was probable cause to indict Wilson for his actions. But on Novem…
POLICING
United States v. Puerto Rico

3:12-cv-02039 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2012

Case Ongoing

On December 21, 2012, after a thorough investigation, the United States, represented by the Department of Justice (DOJ), filed suit against the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its police department pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 14141. The Government alleged that the Puerto Rico Police Bureau (PRPB) violated the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments by engaging in unlawful patterns and practices. Filed along with the complaint was a joint m…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Cummings v. Premier Rehab, P.L.L.C.

4:18-cv-00649 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 7, 2018

Closed Date: April 28, 2022

An individual plaintiff brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on August 7, 2018, against a physical therapy provider who declined to provide the plaintiff with an ASL interpreter. The complaint alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), and the Texas Human Resources Code. The plaintiff sought injunctive relief and damages for the emotional distress she ex…
POLICING
United States v. City of Portland

3:12-cv-02265 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2012

Case Ongoing

On December 17, 2012, the United States of America filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 14141, against the City of Portland ("the City") based on the conduct of the Portland Police Bureau ("PPB"). The United States, represented by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon and the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ"), sought injunctive and declarato…
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Keith v. Century Housing Corp.

2:72-cv-00355 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 16, 1972

Closed Date: May 18, 2018

This action was brought in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on February 16, 1972, to try to stop the construction of the Century Freeway, also known as I-105, in Los Angeles. Private homeowners who were set to be displaced by the construction and several advocacy organizations, including the Sierra Club, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the NAACP, sued various state and federal agencies and officials and alleged violations of the National Environmental Policy Ac…

Memorandum and Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction

Keith v. Volpe

July 7, 1972

Opinion

Keith v. California Highway Commission v. Brinegar

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Sept. 27, 1975

Memorandum and Order Granting Plaintiffs' Counsel Reasonable Attorney's Fees and Reimbursement for Certain Costs and Expenses

Keith v. Volpe

March 31, 1980

Order Granting Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction

Keith v. Volpe

Oct. 2, 1996

Corrected Memorandum and Order Granting Defendant Century Housing Corporation's Motion for Modification of Exhibits B and C of the Amended Consent Decree and Denying Plaintiffs' Motion for Modification of Exhibits B and C and the Addition of Exhibit D to the Amended Consent Decree

Keith v. Volpe

April 10, 1997

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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service v. Miller

5:92-cv-00146 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Dec. 11, 1992

Closed Date: April 22, 1994

This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy/P&A’s individual access authority for juveniles in residential settings. On December 11, 1992, Michigan Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Service filed this lawsuit against Gerard H. Miller in his official capacity as Director of Michigan’s Department of Social Services (Department) in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. The P&A filed this lawsuit under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act) …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Missouri Protection & Advocacy Services v. Missouri Department of Mental Health

2:04-cv-04064 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: April 5, 2004

Closed Date: May 10, 2006

This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency’s records access authority for peer review records in a death investigation. On April 5, 2004, Missouri P&A Services filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Missouri P&A filed this lawsuit against the Missouri Department of Mental Health under the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) Act. Represented by itself, Missouri P&A sought declarative and injunctive reli…