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Samuel v. Signal International, LLC

1:13-cv-00323 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 21, 2013

Case Ongoing

This case is part of the series of Signal International cases. It is stayed during defendant's bankruptcy and settlement proceedings.On May 21, 2013, 17 Indian guestworkers filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas for harm suffered as a result of an allegedly fraudulent and coercive employment recruitment scheme. Plaintiffs filed this suit after District Judge Jay Zainey denied class certification on Jan. 3, 2012, in a related case, David v. Signal Internatio…
EDUCATION
Cruz v. Alhambra School District

2:04-cv-01460 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: March 4, 2004

On March 4, 2004, parents, as next friends of their minor daughters, individually and on behalf of all those similarly situated, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California under state law and under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681 et seq. against Alhambra Unified School District (AUSD) and individual District Board members and employees and the City of Alhambra. Plaintiffs, represented by attor…
EDUCATION
Paton v. New Mexico Highlands University

1:97-cv-01360 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Oct. 21, 1997

Closed Date: 2012

On October 21, 1997, several coaches and female student athletes filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico against New Mexico Highlands University. The plaintiffs, represented by public interest attorneys, claimed that NMHU violated state law, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and Title IX by denying them equitable access to athletic scholarship funding and other benefits including equipment, supplies, locker rooms, travel, coaching, publicity, and faciliti…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
City of El Cenizo v. State of Texas

5:17-cv-00404 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: May 8, 2017

Case Ongoing

This suit challenged Texas's "Sanctuary City" legislation, Senate Bill 4 (SB4), which required local Texas law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration officials and punished them if they did not. Unlike the other suits in this special collection, this suit did not challenge President Trump's "Sanctuary City" Executive Order. At the time of this writing, there were three other cases addressing SB4 (in addition to this one). This case was before Judge Orlando L. Garcia, as was El Paso C…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective v. Kemp

1:19-cv-02973 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: June 28, 2019

Case Ongoing

The ACLU, the ACLU of Georgia, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Planned Parenthood filed this suit June 28, 2019, challenging an imminent Georgia law banning abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy. The plaintiffs, which also included health care providers and their patients, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, against the Georgia state governor, attorney general, health officials, and district attorneys. On due process grounds,…
POLICING
Louima v. City of New York

1:98-cv-05083 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 6, 1998

Case Ongoing

This is a summary of the infamous Abner Louima case. a matter which attracted international attention and sparked demonstrations on New York City Hall in 1997 for its allegations of conscious-shocking police abuse. On August 8, 1998, Louima's private attorneys, who included the late Johnnie Cochran, filed suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C.§ 1983 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against the City of New York, the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association (PBA) and various individual …
CHILD WELFARE
Katie A. v. Bonta

2:02-cv-05662 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 18, 2002

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit was filed in the Central District of California on July 18, 2002, by the class of children and young adults who (a) are in the custody of Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services; (b) have a behavioral, emotional, or psychiatric impairment; and (c) need individualized mental health services. The suit is against County and State agencies for neglecting their responsibilities to provide mental health care services to foster children in California. Plaintiffs so…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Harris v. McDonnell

5:13-cv-00077 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2013

Closed Date: 2015

On August 1, 2013, two same-sex couples filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia against the state of Virginia, under 42 U.S. § 1983 and the Declaratory Judgment Act. The plaintiffs, represented by the national ACLU, the ACLU of Virginia, Lambda Legal and private counsel, asked the court for both declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the state's refusal to allow same-sex couples to marry or to recognize same-sex couples married in other states v…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. UNITED STATES BAKERY INC

3:03-cv-00064 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Jan. 16, 2003

Closed Date: 2009

In January 2003, the Seattle Field Office of the EEOC brought this lawsuit against United States Bakery, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. We do not have a copy of the complaint; therefore, the exact allegations are unknown. However, it appears from the consent decree that the complaint alleged that the defendant subjected the complaining parties, female employees, to a sexually and radcially hostile work environment. The complainants intervened in July 2003. Follo…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Geissler v. Stirling

4:17-cv-01746 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: June 30, 2017

Closed Date: April 22, 2022

An individual with Hepatitis C who was incarcerated at the South Carolina Department of Corrections brought this pro se lawsuit on June 30, 2017. The plaintiff challenged the Department's testing and treatment protocols for Hepatitis C, alleging that the Department’s policies and practices fell below the constitutional standard of care. The Department’s conduct allegedly violated the Eighth Amendment and the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. The plaintiff sou…