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City of Fresno v. Scott Turner

3:25-cv-07070 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 20, 2025

During his first eight months in office, President Donald Trump signed several executive orders that directed government agencies to add new conditions to federal grants, including, Executive Order 14168, which instructed agencies to end funding of “gender ideology” and ensure grants did not promote it,  Executive Order 14173, which directed agencies to ban programs promoting Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and make compliance “material” under the False Claims Act, and Executive Order 1433…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Brionez v. United States Department of Agriculture ("USDA")

4:01-cv-03969 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 22, 2001

Closed Date: Jan. 26, 2007

This is a case about discriminatory hiring practices in Region 5 of the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). On October 22, 2001, the Regional Hispanic Working Group (represented by a group of individual members) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued the USDA under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e). Represented by the Legal Aid Society Employment Law Center…

Order Granting Unopposed Motion for Provisional Class Certification

Brionez v. United States Department of Agriculture

July 2, 2002

Final Judgment Approving Settlement Agreement

Brionez v. United States Department of Agriculture

Oct. 23, 2002

Order Extending Term of Settlement Agreement

Brionez v. United States Department of Agriculture

Feb. 10, 2006

[Order Denying Defendants' Motion for Entry of Order that Defendants have Discharged their Obligations under the Settlement Agreement, and Granting in Part and Denying in Part Plaintiffs' Motion for Contempt and for Enforcement of Settlement]

Brionez v. United States Department of Agriculture

March 30, 2006

Order Regarding Reporting and Enforcement Procedure

Brionez v. United States Department of Agriculture

May 15, 2006

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Donnelly v. Glickman

4:95-cv-04389 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 8, 1995

Closed Date: Jan. 8, 2006

This is the second Title VII class action suit brought by female employees of the United States Forest Service. The first was Bernardi v. Yeutter: filed in 1973 in the Northern District of California, a female employee, suing on behalf of herself and other women employed by the U.S. Forest Service, alleged gender discrimination in the hiring and promotion process. That suit led to a consent decree (the Bernardi consent decree), approved by the court in 1981. The Bernardi consent decree set hiri…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Bernardi v. Yeutter

3:73-cv-01110 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 10, 1976

Closed Date: Feb. 1, 1994

Gene Bernardi was hired as a sociologist at the United States Forest Service in July 1968. Less than a year later, she was promoted based on a panel's evaluations of her work. However, two years later, the panel declined to recommend her for another promotion. Subsequently, Bernardi requested and received a second evaluation that contradicted the first, now recommending her for promotion. Despite the new recommendation, the Director of Personnel Management declined to offer her the advancement …
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
A.N.S.W.E.R. v. Norton

1:05-cv-00071 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 14, 2005

Closed Date: March 13, 2017

On January 14, 2005, a group of anti-war demonstrators including the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism Coalition (ANSWER), the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation, the National Council of Arab Americans, a pastor at a congregational church, and a civilian whose son died in the Iraq War (collectively, “the demonstrators”) sued the Secretary of the Interior, the Director of the National Park Service (NPS), and the Director of the Secret Service (collectively, “the government”) under 28 U.…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Ault v. Walt Disney World Co.

6:07-cv-01785 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 2007

Closed Date: 2013

On November 9, 2007, three named plaintiffs with mobility impairments limiting their ability to walk filed this class action against Walt Disney World. They requested certification of a class of individuals who 1) suffered from a mobility disability, 2) relied upon a Segway PT for assistance with their mobility, and 3) had visited or intended to visit a Disney theme park. They brought suit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, alleging that Disney’s policy agai…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Shields v. Walt Disney Parks and Resorts US

2:10-cv-05810 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 21, 2010

Closed Date: 2015

On May 21, 2010, two annual pass holders at Disneyland in Anaheim, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles, against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts US, Inc., and related companies (Disney), under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §12131, et seq. (ADA), the Unruh Civil Rights Act, California Civil Code §51, et seq., and the California Disabled Persons Act, California Civil Cod…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Moratorium Now! v. Detroit 300 Conservancy

2:15-cv-10373 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2015

Closed Date: 2016

On January 28, 2015, a group of private citizens who were prevented from protesting, circulating petitions, and handing out political fliers in Downtown Detroit’s Campus Martius Park filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs sued Detroit 300 Conservancy, the private company managing the public park; Guardsmark, the company hired to provide park security; and a Detroit City Police officer, under § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by ACLU o…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Boudlal v. Disney

8:12-cv-01306 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 13, 2012

Closed Date: March 3, 2014

In August 2012, a 28 year old female plaintiff, a naturalized United State citizen of Moroccan origin and an adherent of the Muslim faith, brought this suit against Walt Disney Company in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The suit was brought under title VII of 42 U.S.C § 2000e (discrimination and harassment in employment on the basis of religion, national origin and color and failure to remedy and prevent harassment), and the California Fair Employment and Housin…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
U.S.A. v. City of New York

1:02-cv-04699 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: June 18, 2002

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2009

On June 18, 2002 the United States filed a lawsuit under Title VII in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the City of New York and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, alleging that the Department of Parks and Recreation engaged in a pattern or practice of race and/or national origin discrimination in making promotion decisions. The United States sought remedial and injunctive relief. Specifically, the United States contended that the Parks did…