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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. UMB Bank Financial Corporation

4:04-cv-01084 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Dec. 1, 2004

Closed Date: May 5, 2009

On December 1, 2004 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. EEOC sued UMB Financial Corporation (UMB) under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991. With the assistance of private counsel, the complainant intervened in the lawsuit shortly after the EEOC filed this lawsuit and sought declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as puniti…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Shurman v. Standard Oil Co. of California

3:77-00270 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 1977

We have very little information about this case. The Plaintiffs filed this class action suit in 1978 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that Defendant has violated federal statutes by denying or obstructing plaintiffs' access to credit. The U.S. Department of Justice filed an amicus brief with the District Court in support of Plaintiffs' claims. We have no other information about this case.
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. Fleet Mortgage Corp.

1:96-cv-02279 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: May 7, 1996

Closed Date: 1999

The Department of Justice filed suit on May 7, 1996, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against a mortgage company subsidiary of Fleet Mortgage Financial Group alleging that the company engaged in discriminatory lending practices. The Department of Justice specifically argued that the defendant charged African American and Hispanic borrowers higher prices for home mortgage loans than comparatively qualified white borrowers by requiring African American and Hispanic…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Davis v. Keypoint Credit Union

09-451050 | California state trial court

Filed Date: May 7, 2009

Closed Date: Aug. 31, 2011

A California class action, filed May 7, 2009 alleges KeyPoint Credit Union, a 30-year-old institution, has 10 branches with 80,000 members, discriminates against deaf customers by refusing to accept relay calls. Disability Rights Advocates, on behalf of two hearing impaired Alameda County residents, contends the Silicon Valley-based credit union violates state and federal law for failing to accept calls made via communication-assisted devices.Plaintiffs allege KeyPoint requires those who are h…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. E*Trade Access

1:03-cv-11206 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: June 25, 2003

Closed Date: Aug. 21, 2020

This is a class action case about accessibility of bank ATMs for blind people. On June 25, 2003, the state of Massachusetts, the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), and several blind individuals sued E*Trade Access and E*Trade Bank in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, alleging that the defendants' ATMs were not accessible to blind people. The plaintiffs alleged that this violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Massachusetts law, and sought a declarato…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
McReynolds v. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

1:08-cv-06105 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 24, 2008

Closed Date: Oct. 3, 2012

This case challenged an employer’s practices and procedures – including a bonus program – as discriminatory based on race and gender. On October 24, 2008, a group of male and female African-American financial advisors filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against their employer, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The case was assigned to Judge Robert William Gettleman.  The plaintif…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Affirmed

FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. Countrywide Financial Corporation

2:11-cv-10540 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2011

Closed Date: Dec. 30, 2016

This case, brought by the United States in December 2011 against Countrywide Financial Corporation, resulted in the largest residential fair lending settlement in U.S. history. $335 million was paid to compensate more than 200,000 African-American and Hispanic borrowers who were allegedly charged higher fees and interest rates because of their race or national origin. The United States also claimed that Countrywide and its subsidiaries ("the Countrywide Defendants") steered thousands of African…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
U.S. v. Midwest Bankcentre

4:11-cv-01086 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: June 16, 2011

Closed Date: 2016

On June 16, 2011, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, under the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §§3601-3619, and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15 U.S.C. §§1691-1691f, against the Midwest Bankcentre. The DOJ alleged that the defendant engaged in lending discrimination on the basis of race in the St. Louis metropolitan area. The case had been referred to the Department of Justice by the Federa…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. Nixon

5:11-cv-00488 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: June 17, 2011

Closed Date: 2014

On June 17, 2011, the United States filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15 U.S.C. §§1691-1691f ("ECOA") against the Nixon State Bank. The Nixon State Bank is a community-based bank in Nixon, Texas that offers a range of loan products, including mortgage loans, consumer loans, commercial loans, and agriculture loans. The U.S. alleged that in making these loans, the bank exhibited a pattern or practice of…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. AIG Federal Savings Bank

1:10-cv-00178 | U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Filed Date: March 4, 2010

Closed Date: Dec. 5, 2016

On March 4, 2010, the United States of America filed this lawsuit under the Fair Housing and Equal Credit Opportunity Acts against AIG Federal Savings Bank in the United States District Court, District of Delaware. The plaintiff, represented by attorneys from the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney's office asked the court for declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief, claiming that AlG had engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination on the basis of race. Specifically, th…