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PRISON CONDITIONS
Women Prisoners of DC Department of Corrections v. District of Columbia

1:93-cv-02052 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 1993

Closed Date: 2004

On October 1, 1993, a group of female prisoners of the District of Columbia filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the District of Columbia Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by sexual abuse from prison staff, who they claimed had used physical force and threats of physical forc…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Nunn v. Michigan Department of Corrections

2:96-cv-71416 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 27, 1996

Closed Date: April 25, 2007

On March 27, 1996 women prisoners at Scott Correctional Facility and Florence Crane Facility in Michigan filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiffs alleged that they were subjected to a pattern and practice of sexual harassment and abuse as a result of the Michigan Department of Correction's (DOC) failure to train properly and discipline its staff. Defendants moved to dismiss. The district court (Judge John Corbett…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Austin v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

2:90-cv-07497 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Nov. 27, 1990

Closed Date: 1995

On November 27, 1990, prisoners from various Pennsylvania prisons filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs, who were represented in part by the Disabilities Law Project and the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, asked the Court for declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, alleging that their constitutional rig…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Prison Legal News v. Lehman

2:01-cv-01911 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Nov. 27, 2001

Closed Date: 2005

On November 27, 2001, Prison Legal News (PLN) and Rollin A. Wright filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. PLN claimed that the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) violated its First and Fourteenth Amendment rights through its mail policy. PLN was a Washington non-profit corporation that published materials of interest to inmates. The DOC prohibited the receipt by inmates of non-subscription bulk mail and cata…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Lindell v. Frank

3:02-cv-00021 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Jan. 17, 2002

Closed Date: 2005

On January 17, 2002, a prisoner confined at the Supermax Correctional Institution (Supermax) in Boscobel, Wisconsin, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin against employees of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and Supermax. The plaintiff claimed that prison rules and practices violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-1. …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. ROTARY CORPORATION

1:00-cv-01478 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2000

Closed Date: Aug. 25, 2007

The New York office of the EEOC brought this suit against Rotary Corporation in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York in September 2000. While we do not have a copy of the complaint, it alleged the defendant engaged in discrimination based on sex and national origin in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. More specifically, the complaint alleged the Rotary Corporation discriminated against female employees, creating a hostile work environment and con…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Custom Companies

1:02-cv-03768 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 28, 2002

Closed Date: 2009

In May of 2002, the EEOC's Chicago District Office filed suit in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, against Custom Companies Inc., a trucking company, and related corporate entities. The suit alleged sexual harassment and retaliation in violation of Title VII. The charging parties intervened as plaintiffs. In July of 2003, the case was consolidated with a separate action brought by the EEOC against Custom Companies (1:03-cv-02293). The defendants made multiple motions for summ…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Video Only

3:06-cv-01362 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2006

Closed Date: 2011

On September 25, 2006, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought this lawsuit against Video Only in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. The EEOC complaint alleged that the defendant had engaged in harassment and retaliation based on race, national origin, and religion in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It sought injunctive and monetary relief.On October 25, two employees of Video Only moved to intervene. They alleged discriminati…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. ALLIED AVIATION SERVICES

3:05-cv-01379 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: July 11, 2005

Closed Date: March 10, 2011

In July 2005 the Dallas District Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit against the airplane fueling companies of Allied Aviation Services Inc., Allied Aviation Fueling Company of Dallas LP, and Allied Aviation Fueling Company of Texas Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas alleging discrimination on the basis of race, African-American, and national-origin, Mexican, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaints alleged that t…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Federal Express Corporation

6:02-cv-01112 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Sept. 27, 2002

Closed Date: 2005

On September 27, 2002, the Miami office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit under Title VII against Federal Express Corporation in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The EEOC alleged that the defendant had violated the complainant's rights by constructively discharging him in retaliation for complaints of racial discrimination that he made on behalf of two interviewees. On October 10, 2002, the complainant intervened in the case as a plainti…