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JAIL CONDITIONS
Foster v. Fulton County

1:99-cv-00900 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: April 8, 1999

Closed Date: 2015

On April 8, 1999, inmates at the Foster County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, who had tested positive for HIV, filed this class action lawsuit against county officials. The plaintiffs, represented by the Southern Center for Human Rights, brought the suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They alleged that the defendants' policies, which denied even basic medical care to HIV-positive prisoners, were sufficient to meet the deliberate indifference…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Doe v. Foti

2:93-cv-01227 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 14, 1993

Closed Date: 2000

On April 14, 1993, juveniles confined in the Concheta Facility, Orleans Parish Prison, filed a class action suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against the Orleans Parish Sheriff and the Prison. The plaintiffs, represented by the Youth Law Center of San Francisco, CA, the ACLU and local private attorneys, presented violations of rights under the 1st, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, and 14th Amendments. Specifically, the complaint alleged unsanitary p…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Christina A. v. Bloomberg

4:00-cv-04036 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: Feb. 24, 2000

Closed Date: 2003

On February 24, 2000, juvenile inmates at the South Dakota State Training School at Plankinton filed a civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1487 in the United States District Court, District of South Dakota, Southern Division, challenging conditions of confinement at the facility. Plaintiffs alleged numerous constitutional violations which included the following: (1) improper and punitive restraint methods; (2) l…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Many Horses v. Racicot

2:93-cv-00037 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: April 21, 1993

On April 21, 1993, a class of women prisoners incarcerated at the Women's Correctional Center ("WCC") in Warm Springs, Montana, filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Montana against the Montana governor and Department of Corrections, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of their First, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights; the Rehabilitative Act of 1973; and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. More particularly, the plaintiffs, w…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Jones'el v. Berge

3:00-cv-00421 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2000

Closed Date: 2008

On September 25, 2000, prisoners confined at the Supermax Correctional Institution in Boscobel, Wisconsin, and the Waupun Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin against those prisons. The plaintiffs, represented by court appointed counsel and the University of Wisconsin School of Law, asked the court for declaratory, injunctive and monetary relief, alleging that their va…
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
Roberts v. Texaco, Inc.

7:94-cv-02015 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 23, 1994

Closed Date: 2003

On March 23, 1994, an African-American employee of the Texaco Incorporated filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et. seq., and Section 296 of the New York Human Rights Law, N.Y. Exec. Law § 296, against Texaco Incorporated in the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, asked the court for both monetary damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Texaco Incorporated, …
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. Augusta Fiberglass Coating

3:00-cv-01255 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: April 24, 2000

Closed Date: 2007

In April 2000, the EEOC district office in Charlotte, North Carolina brought this suit against Augusta Fiberglass Coatings, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, on behalf of a class of individuals who were allegedly subject to racial discrimination in violation of the Civil Rights Act. The EEOC alleged that the defendant subjected black employees to racial slurs, insults, violent attacks, and threats. After extensive discovery and while two defense motions for su…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. L.A. Weight Loss

1:02-cv-00648 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 2002

Closed Date: Dec. 1, 2018

In February 2002, the EEOC's Baltimore District Office filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against L.A. Weight Loss, a company that at the time operated over 400 "weight loss centers" nationwide. The complaint alleged a "pattern or practice" of failing to hire men, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The EEOC also alleged that L.A. Weight Loss fired a female employee in retaliation when she complained about the company's hiring practices. Sho…