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JAIL CONDITIONS
Myles v. Totten

2:87-cv-02191 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: March 18, 1987

On March 18, 1987, convicted inmates and pretrial detainees of Shelby County Jail in Memphis, Tennessee filed a class-action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against various county and state entities in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for injunctive and declaratory relief, alleging that the defendants had deprived them of various constitutional rights, including those under the Eighth and Four…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Clarkson v. Coughlin

1:91-cv-01792 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 15, 1991

On March 15, 1991, deaf inmates at state prisons in New York filed a class action lawsuit under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12131, against the New York State Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs, represented by the Prisoners' Rights Project of the Legal Aid Society, sought declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by the defendants' failure to pro…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Henry v. Deland

2:89-cv-01124 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: Dec. 18, 1989

Closed Date: 2000

On December 18, 1989, Sandra Henry filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C § 1983 in the United States District Court for the District of Utah against the Utah Department of Corrections. Henry brought the lawsuit on behalf of herself and current and future inmates at the Utah State Penitentiary at Draper. Plaintiffs were represented by the Legal Center for the Handicapped, the ACLU of Utah Foundation, and private attorneys. The National Prison Project of the ACLU later represented plaint…
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
EEOC v. Nebco Evans Distribution, Inc.

8:96-cv-00644 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: Dec. 16, 1996

Closed Date: 1999

In December 1996, the EEOC's Denver office filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska against Nebco Evans Distribution, Inc., an employer of truck drivers, alleging violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 through in that Nebco refused to hire individuals over 40 years of age. In June 1997 the court agreed to bifurcate the trial into two phases: one phase would determine liability and injunctive relief and the other phase, if necessary, would …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Caterpillar

1:03-cv-05636 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 13, 2003

On February 2, 2002, a female employee ("KL") filed a charge of discrimination against her employer, Caterpillar Inc. ("Defendant"), with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC" or "Plaintiff"). At that time, KL was employed at the Defendant's facility in Aurora, Illinois. This action arose out of the EEOC's subsequent investigation into sexual harassment allegedly occurring at that facility. The EEOC brought sexual harassment claims on behalf of five current at that time Caterpilla…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. FOODCRAFTERS DISTRIBUTION CO.

1:03-cv-02796 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: June 11, 2003

Closed Date: 2010

The Philadelphia District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Foodcrafters Distribution Company, Tropical Plant Carriers, Inc., and Little Brownies Properties, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in July 2003. Five charging parties intervened in the EEOC's case, which was consolidated with the a private party suit, Lovenduski v. Foodcrafters Distribution Company, 1:04-cv-02394 (D. N.J. May 21, 2004), in June 2004. Defendants moved for summary judgment in June…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Carter-Jones Lumber Company

5:04-cv-01824 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Sept. 8, 2004

Closed Date: July 23, 2007

The Cleveland office of the EEOC brought this suit against Carter Jones Lumber Company in the Northern District of Ohio in September 2004. The complaint alleged that the defendant failed to hire the complainant because of a physical disability and made medical inquiries in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The case was consolidated with a private party suit in November 2004. The complainant intervened in May 2005. The defendant filed two motions for summary judgment, which were …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. CEDARS HEALTHCARE GROUP dba COLUMBIA CEDARS

1:02-cv-22913 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2002

Closed Date: 2004

On September 30, 2002, the Miami office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act against Cedars Healthcare Group, Ltd. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The EEOC alleged that the defendants had violated the rights of the complainant by discriminating against her and discharging her because she had an unspecified disability.On March 6, 2003, the case was referred to mediation, but the mediation did no…
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Moeller v. Bradford County

3:05-cv-00334 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Feb. 17, 2005

On February 17, 2005, six named plaintiffs represented by attorneys with the ACLU of Pennsylvania and the Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed a civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, challenging the practices of the Firm Foundation of America, a prison ministry organization, at the Bradford County Correctional Facility. Five of the plaintiffs were taxpaying residents of the county and …