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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 the U.S. Constitution. In June 1958, two Virginia residents, Mildred Jeter, a Black woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, married in Washington, D.C., pursuant to its laws. In October 1958, upon returning to Virginia, a grand jury issued an indictment charging the Lovings with violating Virginia a…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Sanders v. District of Columbia

1:22-cv-02259 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2022

Case Ongoing

On August 1, 2022, four Black female firefighters filed suit against the District of Columbia, alleging that D.C. Fire and EMS (DC FEMS) discriminated against them on the basis of race and gender. Plaintiffs alleged discriminatory pay, disciplinary, and overtime assignment practices in violation of Title VII, and sought injunctive and declaratory relief, as well as back, lost wages, and compensatory damages. Despite obtaining paramedic certifications that entitle DC FEMS to 15% premium to their…
POLICING
Dundon v. Kirchmeier

1:16-cv-00406 | U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota

Filed Date: Nov. 28, 2016

Case Ongoing

This is a putative class action about excessive police force used to disperse protestors of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). On November 20, 2016, the plaintiffs– Native Americans and other concerned citizens who referred to themselves as "water protectors"--gathered to pray and protest the DAPL at Backwater Bridge in North Dakota. They were met by local police forces who were armed with specialty impact munitions, teargas, and water cannons. Without warning, the police began to use force to …
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
Dirar v. Alaska Airlines, Inc.

2:22-cv-01076 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 2, 2022

Case Ongoing

Two Black Muslim men were removed from an Alaska Airlines flight after a fellow passenger raised complaints about one of the men, who had been  texting in Arabic. Represented by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the plaintiffs filed this case on August 2, 2022. The plaintiffs filed suit against Alaska Airlines in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs alleged that Alaska Airlines discriminated against them in violation of 42 U.S.C…
PUBLIC HOUSING
Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority

1:66-cv-01459 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 1966

Case Ongoing

Filed in 1966 and still ongoing as of 2022, this is one of the most significant housing desegregation cases ever, leading to the nation's first desegregative housing mobility voucher program. In collaboration with BPI, the Chicago public interest organization that has for decades represented the plaintiffs in this case, the Clearinghouse has acquired and posted the full litigation record—over 2100 documents, all told.  About 230 "core" documents are set to display here; if you click on "show mo…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
In re National Football League Players’ Concussion Injury Litigation

2:12-md-02323 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2012

Case Ongoing

This is case about health safety and racial discrimination involving the National Football League (NFL) and its players. This federal multidistrict litigation arose from four parallel actions: one in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and three in the U.S. District Court of the Central District of California. These cases were consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The initial plaintiffs were former NFL players. However, the…
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
NDN Collective v. Retsel Corporation

5:22-cv-05027 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: March 23, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about a hotel and bar that plaintiffs alleged refused to serve Native Americans, committing intentional race discrimination.  On March 23, 2022, an individual who is Native American and NDN Collective, a non-profit that educates, funds, and organizes people "engaged in Native American issues," filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota. Their case sought class action status for a class of all Native Americans who have or will visit the Grand Ga…
POLICING
Detroit Will Breathe v. Detroit

2:20-cv-12363 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Aug. 31, 2020

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit was filed on August 31, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs included Detroit Will Breathe (DWB) and fourteen individuals. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel on behalf of the National Lawyers Guild, sued the city of Detroit, Mayor Michael Duggan, Police Chief James Craig, and over one hundred Detroit Police Department (DPD) officers. Between May 29, 2020 and August 22, 2020, the plaintiffs participated in protests across D…
EDUCATION
Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board

1:21-cv-00296 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: March 3, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about a new admissions policy of the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ) that would negatively affect admissions for Asian American students. On March 3, 2021, an organization of primarily Asian American parents named the Coalition for TJ advocating against the new admissions policy filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The plaintiff sued the Fairfax County School Board (“the School Board”) under 42 U.S.C. §§ …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Kennedy v. City of Zanesville

2:03-cv-01047 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Nov. 3, 2003

Closed Date: April 2, 2009

On November 19, 2003, a group of Black residents of the City of Zanesville, in Muskingum County, Ohio, and the Fair Housing Advocates Association filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against the city of Zanesville ("City"), Washington Township ("Township"), Washington Township Trustees, and Muskingum County Commissioners ("County"). The plaintiffs, represented by public interest attorneys, asked the court for declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief, …