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PRISON CONDITIONS
Smith & Rudd v. Norris

5:93-cv-00732 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 1993

Closed Date: July 28, 1997

This lawsuit was the result of a stabbing incident at the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections. An inmate stabbed two other inmates with a hobby knife. Ernest Smith was injured in the attack and John Stewart died as a result. Smith filed a lawsuit on December 6, 1993 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas against the Arkansas Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking damages for his injuries. He claimed that the prison condi…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
ACORN v. Edgar

1:95-cv-00174 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 11, 1995

Closed Date: 1995

On January 11, 1995, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), Equip for Equality, and several individual plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against the State of Illinois in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, asking the court to compel the defendants to enforce the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), 42 U.S.C. Section 1973gg, et seq., usually known as the Motor Voter law. The defendants counterargued that the law in question was unconsti…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Morgan v. City of Houston

4:76-cv-00629 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 12, 1976

Closed Date: Aug. 1, 2013

In 1976, a lawsuit was filed the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on behalf of inmates who were incarcerated for failure to pay a fine, alleging that the City of Houston violated their due process rights because they had not been given the opportunity to show whether they could afford to pay the fines, they were not provided with lawyers, and they were not informed of their right to defer payment rather than face incarceration. The complaint further alleged that conditions…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Brian B. v. Stalder

3:98-cv-00886 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Oct. 21, 1998

Closed Date: May 2, 2006

In this case, private plaintiffs filed a civil rights class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana to challenge conditions of confinement at the Tallulah Correctional Center for Youth (Tallulah). Plaintiffs were represented by the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Youth Law Center. The Amended Complaint, filed in October 1998, alleged claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983; the Individuals with Disabilities Education Ac…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Roberts v. County of Mahoning

4:03-cv-02329 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Nov. 14, 2003

Closed Date: May 17, 2010

On November 14, 2003 Ohio inmates filed this class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District Of Ohio, alleging that the conditions of confinement at the Mahoning County Justice Center ("Justice Center") and the Minimum Security Jail ("MSJ") violated their constitutional rights. The plaintiffs alleged that they were subjected severe overcrowding and corresponding deprivations. They sought equitable and declaratory relief.On March 5, 2004, …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Richards v. Convergys

2:05-cv-00790 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: Sept. 22, 2005

Closed Date: May 31, 2009

A private plaintiff brought suit against Convergys Corporation in the United States District Court for the District of Utah in September 2005. Her complaint alleged violations of the Equal Pay Act and Title VII for unequal pay, discipline, constructive discharge and retaliation based on gender. The EEOC brought its own suit (EEOC v. Convergys Corp., 2:05-cv-00812-DAK (D. Utah Sept. 28, 2005), and the cases were consolidated in December 2005. The private plaintiff's case was designated the lead …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society and/or Omaha Woodmen Life Insurance Society

8:03-cv-00165 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: April 29, 2003

Closed Date: July 24, 2007

In April 2003, the Denver District Office and Dallas, Saint Louis, and Washington, DC Offices of the EEOC brought this lawsuit against Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society, also known as Omaha Woodmen Life Insurance Society, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska alleging discrimination on the basis of gender, female, and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged the defendants subjected the complaining par…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. California Psychiatric Transitions, Inc.

1:06-cv-01251 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 13, 2006

Closed Date: 2009

On September 13, 2006, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), on behalf of female employees, filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District Court of California, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, against California Psychiatric Transitions, Inc. The EEOC sought injunctive relief, compensatory damages, punitive damages, attorneys' fees, and other forms of affirmative relief claiming that the defendant subjected female e…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. SAIPAN GRAND HOTEL

1:04-cv-00028 | District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands

Filed Date: Sept. 23, 2004

Closed Date: Dec. 21, 2008

In September 2004 the San Francisco, CA office of the EEOC brought this Title VII case alleging that Micro Pacific Development (MPD), a corporation that operates upscale hotels on the island of Saipan, subjected female kitchen workers to sexual harassment at the Saipan Grand Hotel. The case was resolved by the entry of a consent decree in December 2005. After the EEOC filed suit, MPD sold the Saipan Grand Hotel to Asia Pacific Hotels, Inc., which participated in the settlement talks and signed …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Albertson's, Inc. and Albertson's, LLC

1:06-cv-01273 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: June 30, 2006

Closed Date: 2013

In June 2006, the Phoenix District Office and Denver Field Office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed this lawsuit against distribution center operators Albertson's, Inc., Albertson's LLC, Supervalu, Inc. and Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, alleging discrimination based on race, color, and/or national origin in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the de…