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PRISON CONDITIONS
Diaz v. Romer

1:77-cv-01093 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Nov. 30, 1977

On November 30, 1977, an inmate at the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City ("Old Max") filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against the Governor of Colorado, several senators, the Department of Corrections, and administrators of the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. The class consisted of all persons who were or would be incarcerated in a maximum security unit of Old Max. The ACLU and the National Pr…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Nolasco v. Romer

1:90-cv-00340 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Feb. 27, 1990

Closed Date: Nov. 8, 1994

On Feb. 27, 1990, Colorado inmates filed a class action lawsuit under 42 USC 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The inmates, represented by the ACLU of Colorado, the ACLU National Prison Project and private counsel, challenged the conditions of confinement, particularly overcrowding, in three Colorado state prisons. The three prisons were not included in the 1979 decision and remedial measures in Ramos v. Lamm prohibiting overcrowding in three Colorado facilities. The…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Aranda v. Lynaugh

4:89-cv-00277 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Jan. 19, 1989

Closed Date: 2002

On January 19, 1989, Aranda and nearly one hundred fellow prisoners in the Texas prison system filed suit in U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), alleging civil rights violations. The plaintiffs, all of whom were male, contented that strip searches performed by female prison officials violated both their constitutional right to privacy and an existing consent decree (K.K. Coble and …
POLICING
U.S. v. City of Los Angeles

2:00-cv-11769 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 3, 2000

Closed Date: 2013

On November 3, 2000, the United States filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California under 42 U.S.C. §14141, alleging that the City of Los Angeles, its Board of Police Commissioners and its Police Department (collectively the "LAPD") deprived individuals of their constitutional rights through the use of excessive force, false arrests and improper searches and seizures. The suit was an offshoot of a lengthy internal investigation of the LAPD's Rampart Divisi…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Creative Networks, L.L.C.

2:05-cv-03032 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2005

Closed Date: 2011

On September 30, 2005, the Phoenix District Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The plaintiffs sued Creative Networks, LLC and its parent company, Res-Care, Inc. under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The plaintiff, representing two former employees of Creative Networks, LLC, asked the court for a permanent injunction, a policy change within the company, and monetary compensation. The plaintiffs claimed that the two employees h…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Heartway Corporation, d/b/a/ York Manor Nursing Center

6:03-cv-00534 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2003

Closed Date: July 18, 2007

In September 2003, the Oklahoma City and Dallas district offices of the EEOC brought this ADA suit against Heartway Corporation d/b/a York Manor Nursing Center in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. The complaint alleged that the defendant discharged the claimant from her job as a cook because she had Hepatitis C. Both parties filed motions for summary judgment in June 2004 that the court denied in July 2004. The case went to trial on August 16, 2004, and the jury en…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Scolari Warehouse Markets

3:04-cv-00229 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: May 6, 2004

Closed Date: 2011

In May 2004, the EEOC's Los Angeles District Office brought suit against Scolari Food and Drug. The complaint, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, alleged that the defendant violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by subjecting female employees to sex-based harassment and retaliating against them when they complained. After a prolonged series of discovery disputes, one of which resulted in Rule 11 sanctions against the EEOC in the amount of $4,000, the defendan…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. TACO BELL, INC., dba TACO BELL EXPRESS & DOUBLE-D

4:97-cv-04160 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: July 31, 1997

Closed Date: Sept. 8, 1998

The EEOC's Denver office filed this suit on July 31, 1997 in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota against Taco Bell, Inc. and Double-D Inc. The complaint alleged that the defendants violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by subjecting female employees to sexual harassment. Both defendants filed motions for summary judgment which were subsequently denied. The parties stipulated to the dismissal of defendant Double-D on August 18, 1998 and the court ordered the dismissal t…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX

1:05-mc-01048 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2005

Closed Date: 2010

In September 2005, the Albuquerque Area Office and Phoenix District Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit against educational service-provider University of Phoenix, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, alleging discrimination on the basis of gender, female, and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The complaining parties intervened in the lawsuit in February and May of 2006. Following discovery, settlement by one complaining party …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. RD's Drive In/Exxon

3:02-cv-01911 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Sept. 27, 2002

Closed Date: 2007

On September 27, 2002, the Phoenix District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against the owners of an Arizona fast food restaurant in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The EEOC sued on behalf of several Native American employees and alleged that the defendants’ use of a mandatory English-only policy violated both Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991. The case was assigned to Judge Stephen M. McNamee.Because the restaurant w…