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JAIL CONDITIONS
Essex Co. Jail Inmates v. Treffinger

2:82-cv-01945 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: June 10, 1982

Closed Date: 2007

On June 10, 1982, inmates of the Essex County Jail [ECJ] filed a class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey alleging unconstitutional conditions of confinement. On October 14, 1982, the District Court (Judge Harold A. Ackerman) approved and entered a Consent Decree which specified changes to be taken at the ECJ in the areas of overcrowding, exercise, inmate visits, food service, medical care, fire prevention and other general con…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
U.S. v. Pennsylvania

2:93-cv-02094 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 21, 1993

Closed Date: Jan. 5, 2005

On September 1986, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice [DOJ] notified the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania [State], pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. §1997, that it was commencing an investigation into conditions at the Embreeville Center in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Embreeville was a State operated facility that provided care and treatment for residents with intellectual disabilities.The investigation included tours of the fac…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Crowe v. Erickson

4:72-cv-04101 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: Nov. 21, 1972

On November 21, 1972, inmates of the South Dakota State Penitentiary filed a Section 1983 suit in the District Court for the Southern Division of South Dakota against the warden, prison officials, and the Governor. Plaintiffs complained of punishment for violations of prison rules without due process of law, prison officials reading and censoring incoming and outgoing mail, poor medical treatment, inadequate religious and cultural protections, inadequate work release and employment programs, a…
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, …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Mason v. Granholm

5:05-cv-73943 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Oct. 13, 2005

On October 13, 2005, current and former female prisoners filed a class-action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC). Plaintiffs were originally members of a certified class-action suit pending in Michigan state court, Neal v. MDOC, LC No. 96-006986-CZ. The Neal plaintiffs alleged violations of their state civil rights under the Michigan Elliott-Larsen Civil Rig…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. ADVANCE AUTO PARTS

2:05-cv-00173 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Jan. 21, 2005

On January 21, 2005, the EEOC filed this sexual harassment and retaliation case against a New Orleans auto parts company. The claimant, who intervened, had complained to her Human Resources director that she was sexually harassed by her immediate supervisor, and by one of his subordinate employees. The harassment included innappropriate sexual statements, requests for dates, offers of money in exchange for sexual favors and innapropriate touching. As a result of her complaints, the employer…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Tri-State Plumbing, Heating & Air conditioning Contractors

2:05-cv-02717 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2005

Closed Date: 2011

On September 29, 2005, the Memphis District Office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. The EEOC sued Tri-State Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning Contractors, Inc. ("Tri-State"); United Association Of Plumbers, Pipefitters and Sprinklerfitters Plumbers, Local Union No. 17 (Local No. 17); and United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the Unit…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. HORIZON/CMS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

1:97-cv-00362 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: March 19, 1997

Closed Date: Sept. 12, 2001

In March 1997, the EEOC's Phoenix office filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico against Horizon/CMS Healthcare Corporation, a state-wide proprietor of over 20 long-term care facilities, alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978. In essence, the EEOC claimed that the defendant violated the law when it refused to provide modified job duties for several pregnant CNAs who were placed o…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Interstate Hotels, LLC

3:04-cv-04092 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2004

Closed Date: 2008

In September 2008 the San Francisco District Office of the EEOC brought this lawsuit against Interstate Hotels, LLC in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleging discrimination on the basis of national origin in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the defendant created a hostile work environment and retaliated against complainant, a Hispanic employee, and others following their opposition to such practic…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. JC PENNEY COMPANY, INC.

4:00-cv-00570 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2000

Closed Date: June 3, 2004

The EEOC district office of Seattle, Washington brought this action against JC Penney in September 2000, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. The complaint alleges sex discrimination and retaliation based on complaints of sex discrimination that resulted in violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The charging parties intervened as plaintiffs. Two weeks prior to trial, the parties decided to settle the suit.In June 2002, a consent decree was entered which stat…