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JAIL CONDITIONS
Butler v. Suffolk County

2:11-cv-02602 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: May 27, 2011

On May 27, 2011, twenty persons then confined in the Suffolk County Correctional Facility (SCCF), which consists of the Riverhead Correctional Facility (a medium/maximum security jail) and the Yaphank Correctional Facility (a minimum security jail), filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983. The lawsuit was filed pro se as a class action, on behalf of those individuals and all others similarly situated. The plaintiffs sought …

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United States v. Dugan

2:25-cr-00089 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

This case was a highly unusual federal criminal prosecution of a sitting state court judge—who was alleged by the Trump Administration to have interfered with an immigration arrest. On April 24, 2025, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Wisconsin indicted Wisconsin Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan on two counts: (1) obstruction of a federal administrative proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § 1505, and (2) concealment of a person from arrest under 18 U.S.C. § 1071. The case was assigned to U.S. Di…

Case Is Ongoing

NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
Connor v. Maryland Department of Health

1:24-cv-01423 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 15, 2024

This is a disability rights case about state inspections of nursing homes in Maryland. On May 15, 2024, five nursing home residents filed this class action lawsuit against Maryland's Department of Health (MDOH) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Plaintiffs sued under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, alleging that MDOH failed to conduct annual inspections of Medicaid and Medicare-funded nursing facilities and allowed a bac…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Cahill v. Nike, Inc.

3:18-cv-01477 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 2018

This is a putative class action by women employees of Nike alleging gender discrimination in pay and promotion.  It was filed on August 9, 2018, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon and assigned to Magistrate Judge Jolie A. Russo. Two former employees, represented by private attorneys, filed the suit on behalf of a putative class of all current and former female employees who had worked in a salaried corporate position at Nike during the two previous years. They alleged violati…

Case Is Ongoing

Appeal Pending

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Moore v. Johnson

2:14-cv-11903 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: May 12, 2014

Closed Date: Sept. 15, 2014

This case involves a civil rights action to challenge the constitutionality of a Michigan statute which requires individuals to be registered voters to circulate nominating petitions to place candidates for partisan office on the primary election ballot. For such placement, Michigan election law requires submission of at least 1,000 valid signatures of registered Michigan voters who reside in the candidate's congressional district. A candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives submitted nom…

Settled: Case Closed

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Cepeda v. State of Florida

1:17-cv-11835 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2017

Closed Date: May 24, 2018

On June 25, 2013, the United States Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in Shelby County v. Holder. Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act requires certain covered jurisdictions to obtain approval from federal authorities in Washington, D.C. before changing voting procedures. Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act defined these covered jurisdictions as ones that had a voting device or test in the 1960s or early 1970s and had lower voter turnout or registration in the 19…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United States v. State of Illinois

1:25-cv-04811 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 1, 2025

Closed Date: Aug. 19, 2025

This case, brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ) of the second Trump Administration, challenged recent amendments to Illinois' Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act ("Privacy Act"). Under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), enacted by Congress in 1986, employers are required to verify the identity and employment authorization of their employees. IRCA created an E-Verify program to help employers access such information. On May 5, 2025, the DOJ brought this lawsuit in the United …

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Patterson v. Virginia Department of Corrections

3:23-cv-00757 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 2023

This is a class action lawsuit concerning sex discrimination in the Virginia Department of Corrections’ (VDOC) policies on body scanners. On November 9, 2023, three current and former female VDOC employees, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The employees sued VDOC via 2 U.S.C. §§ 2000e, alleging sex discrimination in employment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Lee's Log Cabin

3:05-cv-00507 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 2005

Closed Date: Feb. 10, 2009

The EEOC filed this suit in August 2005 against Lee's Log Cabin, a Wisconsin restaurant, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. The EEOC alleged the restaurant violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by refusing to hire the complainant because she had HIV. In June 2006 the defendant's motion for summary judgment was granted. E.E.O.C. v. Lee's Log Cabin, Inc., 436 F.Supp.2d 992 (W.D.Wis.,2006). In its initial complaint the EEOC had alleged that the complainant's d…

Judgment for Defendant

Affirmed

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Johanna Foods, Inc. v. Executive Office of the President

1:25-cv-00155 | U.S. Court of International Trade

Filed Date: July 18, 2025

This is one of several cases challenging President Trump’s implementation of tariffs. This case challenged the imposition of a 50% tariff on Brazilian orange juice imports.  On April 2, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14257, establishing a 10% ad valorem duty on all imports. Subsequently, Executive Order 14266 paused elevated tariffs for most countries for 90 days while maintaining the 10% global tariff on April 9, 2025. After extending certain tariff suspensions until August 1, 20…

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