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United States v. City of Seattle

2:12-cv-01282 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 27, 2012

On March 31, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division opened an investigation of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (then codified at 42 U.S.C. § 14141; then recodified to 34 U.S.C. § 12601), the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Following a comprehensive investigation, on December 16, 2011, the DOJ announced its findings that SPD engag…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Perkins Coie LLP v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:25-cv-00716 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 11, 2025

This case challenged President Trump's executive order targeting a powerhouse law firm for its historic association with progressive causes and clients. On March 11, 2025, Perkins Coie LLP, an international law firm based out of Seattle, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Plaintiff named the United States of America, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Communications Commission, the Office of Management and Budget, the Equal Employment Opportunit…

Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Wilcox v. Trump

1:25-cv-00334 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 5, 2025

This is a challenge to the second Trump administration's termination of Gwynne Wilcox, the Chair of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). (To see the Clearinghouse's collection of civil-service-related legal challenges to the second Trump administration, click here.) The plaintiff in this case was fired on January 27, 2025 by President Trump from her positions as Chair and member of the National Labor Relations Board, even though her term was not set to expire until 2028.  She filed this l…

Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

DISABILITY RIGHTS
United States v. City of Anoka, Minnesota

0:24-cv-01861 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: May 21, 2024

This case is about treating calls for emergency services - often in relation to mental health crises - as "nuisance" incidents. On May 21, 2024, the United States filed a lawsuit against the City of Anoka, Minnesota, alleging violations of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fair Housing Act (FHA). The case was brought by the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. The United States claimed that since at least 2018, the City discriminated against indiv…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. DTG Las Vegas, LLC

2:23-cv-00510 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: April 6, 2023

This case concerns discrimination and retaliation against casino employees with disabilities who requested reasonable accommodations. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed the suit on April 6, 2023, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada on behalf of a class of employees of the Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino. The complaint (2023 WL 9118832) alleged violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and T…
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

On December 21, 2012, after a thorough investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico against the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its police department pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. 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…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Malnes v. Arizona

3:16-cv-08008 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2016

Closed Date: July 5, 2016

Plaintiff in this case challenged an Arizona Statute that barred a resident of the state from registering to vote unless such resident has not been convicted of treason or a felony, unless restored to civil rights, alleging the statute violated the Plaintiff’s right under the 15th and 26th amendments of the U.S. Constitution. On January 20, 2016, the Plaintiff filed a complaint against the State of Arizona and the Secretary of State of Arizona, alleging the State of Arizona violated the Plainti…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
DOJ Investigation of Anoka

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This case concerned a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division investigation that the City of Anoka, Minnesota violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fair Housing Act (FHA) by denying tenants with mental health disabilities an equal opportunity to use the emergency response service On November 7, 2023, the investigation found that the city's "crime free" housing ordinance discouraged people with mental health disabilities from calling emergency response service…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Davis v. Eastman Kodak

6:04-cv-06098 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: March 10, 2004

Closed Date: 2014

On November 12, 2003, an African American employee of Eastman Kodak Company filed a pro se complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that Kodak had discriminated against her on account of her race. On March 10, 2004, the case was transferred to the United States District Court for the Western District of New York and on April 28, 2004, based on the parties' prior consent to jurisdiction by a U.S. Magistrate, the case was assigned to U.S. Magi…
POLICING
U.S. v. City of Albuquerque

1:14-cv-01025 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 2014

On November 12, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit against the city of Albuquerque in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. The DOJ brought this action under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 14141, alleging that officers of the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) engaged in a pattern or practice of use of excessive force, including deadly force, in violation of the Fourth Amendment and § 14141. The DOJ claimed th…