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REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky v. Commissioner

1:13-cv-01335 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 2013

In 2013, Indiana made two changes to its state laws regulating abortion clinics. These amendments changed the definition of “abortion clinic” to include not only clinics which provide surgical abortions, but also clinics which provided abortion-inducing medicine. They also imposed new regulations on any clinic which fell under the new definition of “abortion clinic,” requiring that all abortion clinics meet standards only necessary for facilities which conducted surgical abortions. The new defi…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Garcia v. Johnson

2:09-cv-01747 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 24, 2009

On April 24, 2009, a class action suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The suit alleged that the defendants violated the Social Security Act, federal regulations, and the Due Process Clause. The plaintiffs consisted of two elderly Pennsylvanians who were Medicare recipients, as well as two nonprofit organizations, Arc of Pennsylvania and Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly (CARIE). They were represented by two non-profit…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Hayes v. Rutledge

4:21-cv-00347 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: April 30, 2021

After the Coronavirus pandemic emerged in early 2020, the US Federal Government mobilized to bolster the US economy by creating advanced tax credits, also known as stimulus payments. While Congress explicitly stated the eligibility of incarcerated folks for these stimulus payments, the State of Arkansas passed an act—Act 1110—on April 26, 2021, which allowed Arkansas’ Department of Corrections (ADC) to seize any "federal relief or stimulus funds" from people in its custody. This act prevented a…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Rhem v. Malcolm

1:70-cv-03962 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 10, 1970

In 1970, overcrowding and trial delays at the Manhattan House of Detention for Men (MHD), a facility in New York City used to incarcerate individuals awaiting trial, led to dangerous and unsanitary conditions. Outbreaks of disturbances amongst incarcerated people occurred in August and October of that year. After these riots, the plaintiffs brought a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York under 42 U.S.C. §1983, alleging that their conditions of con…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Giampetruzzi v. Malcolm

1:72-cv-04735 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 8, 1972

In 1972, a group of individuals awaiting trial who had been housed in administrative segregation at the New York City House of Detention for Men filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the New York City Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their placement in administrative segregation violated their constitutional rights because they had been deprived of privileges…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Livingston v. Beeman

13-0867 | Texas state trial court

Filed Date: 2010

Deaf persons incarcerated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) sued TDCJ's Executive Director (ED) alleging that he violated the Texas Human Resources Code (THRC) by failing to reasonably accommodate their impairment. Specifically, the inmates alleged that the ED failed to provide them with reasonable access to the telephone system and failed to provide sign language interpreters to allow them to meaningfully participate in educational, religious, and other prison programs. After …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Lyon v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

3:13-cv-05878 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2013

On December 19, 2013, four immigration detainees of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California under 28 U.S.C. § 2201 against ICE and the Department of Homeland Security. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU and private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that ICE violated the plaintiffs’ rights under the First and Fifth Amendments and the Immigration an…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Alberti v. Klevenhagen

4:72-cv-01094 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 1972

In 1972, plaintiffs filed a class action suit against the Harris County Commissioners Court and the County Sheriff's Department in district court for the Southern District of Texas, alleging unconstitutional jail conditions resulting from overcrowding. In 1975, the court (Judge Carl O. Bue, Jr.) entered a consent decree and instructed defendants to take remedial action to alleviate overcrowding in the jail, to address sanitation problems, and to submit reports to court of its progress. Alberti …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Boxall v. Los Angeles Times Communications

civ-ds-2010984 | California state trial court

Filed Date: June 4, 2020

This is a case about the Los Angeles Times' company-wide treatment of hundreds of employees in violation of the California Equal Pay Act, Federal Equal Pay Act, and California's Unfair Compensation Law. On June 4, 2020, Black, Hispanic/Latino, and female employees of LA Times filed this civil class action lawsuit against the LA Times in the Superior Court of California for the County of San Bernardino. The case was assigned to Judge David Cohn. Represented by a private counsel, the plaintiffs s…
PRISON CONDITIONS
In the Matter of the Application of Hugh Carey [Attica Grand Jury Materials]

INDEX NO. 15062 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 5, 1977

Background This case is part of the Clearinghouse's special collection on the Attica Uprising. In September of 1971, incarcerated people in New York's Attica Correctional Facility took control of the prison and took several staff members hostage. The uprising ended when state police violently stormed the prison, killing over 40 incarcerated people and staff members. Attica was one of the most significant events in the American prisoners' rights movement and drew public attention to poor conditi…