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JAIL CONDITIONS
Castillo v. Cameron County, TX

1:93-cv-00260 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 10, 1993

Closed Date: 2002

In 1993, plaintiffs in Cameron County Jail brought a section 1983 class action suit against the county alleging that the overcrowded conditions in the jail amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. The district court for the Southern District of Texas (Judge John William Black) certified plaintiffs' class and allowed the county to implead the State of Texas as a third-party defendant because the state failed to transfer ""paper ready"" inmates to state correctional facilities. In 1994, the co…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
American Council of the Blind v. O'Neill

1:02-cv-00864 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 3, 2002

In 2002, the American Council of the Blind and two individuals with visual impairments filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the Secretary of the Treasury and the Treasurer of the United States under § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs challenged the Treasury Department's failure to make paper banknotes that are independently usable by persons who are blind or visually impaired and sought declarat…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Mast v. Indiana Department of Corrections

2:05-cv-00037 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2005

Closed Date: July 23, 2019

On February 3, 2005, inmates confined to the Secured Housing Unit ("SHU") at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Indiana filed a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU National Prison Project and the ACLU of Indiana, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that the confinement of certain mentally ill prisoners there was unconstitutional. On March 10, 2005,…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Convergys Customer Management Group, Inc.

4:04-cv-00846 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: July 8, 2004

Closed Date: Aug. 31, 2007

In July 2004 the Saint Louis District Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit against Convergys Customer Management Group, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri alleging discrimination on the basis of physical disability in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged the defendant failed to reasonably accommodate the complainant's physical disability. Following extensive discover…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Enterprise Leasing Company of Florida

8:00-cv-02012 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2000

Closed Date: 2002

In September 2000, the Miami district office of the EEOC brought this suit against Enterprise Leasing Company of Florida d/b/a Enterprise Rent-A-Car in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The complaint alleged that the defendant discriminated against the claimant by refusing to promote him because of his race (black). The claimant intervened in the EEOC's suit in October 2001 adding claims under the Florida Civil Rights Act. After the defendant filed two discovery moti…
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…
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…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Ridgeway v. TW Services/Denny's, U.S. v. TW Services, and

5:93-cv-20208 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 26, 1993

Closed Date: 2001

On March 26, 1993, the United States Justice Department filed this lawsuit under Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000a et seq. (the Public Accommodations Act), in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against TW Services and its subsidiary, Denny's, Inc., which operates Denny's Restaurants, alleging discriminatory treatment of African Americans by Denny's restaurants in California. Specifically, the complaint alleged that Denny's implemented term…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Leatherwood v. Campbell

7:02-cv-02812 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Nov. 18, 2002

Closed Date: 2006

On November 18, 2002, HIV positive inmates at the Limestone Correctional Facility in Capshaw, Alabama filed a class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama to challenge their treatment and conditions of confinement. Plaintiffs, represented by the Southern Center for Human Rights and private civil rights attorneys, alleged that they were denied adequate medical treatment and were subjected to deplorable living conditions. Defendants i…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Marriott v. Montgomery County

5:03-cv-00531 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: April 29, 2003

Closed Date: 2007

On April 29, 2003, a person represented by a group of private attorneys from New York and D.C. law firms filed a class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the North District of New York, challenging the jail admission policy of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department. The policy, known as a "change-out" procedure, required that each admittee to be placed in the Montgomery County Jail had to remove his/her clothes, shower and then change in…