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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…
POLICING
U.S. v. Territory of the Virgin Islands

3:08-cv-00158 | District Court of the Virgin Islands

Filed Date: Dec. 23, 2008

In March 2004, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division initiated an investigation of the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) pursuant to 42 USC § 14141. On October 5, 2005, the DOJ issued a technical assistance letter to VIPD, making recommendations regarding specific changes to the department's policies regarding use of force, vehicle pursuits, holding cells, misconduct investigations, discipline, supervisory oversight, and training. On December 23, 2008, the DOJ …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. HARBERT-YEARGIN INC.

1:97-cv-01112 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: May 1, 1997

Closed Date: Oct. 30, 2002

In May 1997 the Memphis Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit against Harbert-Yeargin Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. We do not have a copy of the complaint; therefore, the exact allegations involved are unknown. However it appears from the Annual Report that the complaint alleged the defendant allowed male employees to be subjected to a sexually hostile work environment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The complainant interven…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Republic SVCS of Southern Nevada

2:04-cv-01352 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2004

Closed Date: 2013

On September 30, 2004, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought this lawsuit against Republic Services, Inc. and Republic Silver State Disposal, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. The complaint alleged that the defendants discharged and/or did not allow employees over the age of 40 to transfer locations because of their age in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). The EEOC sought injunctive and monetary relief. The case was assi…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. GNLV Corp. d/b/a/ Golden Nugget

2:06-cv-01225 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2006

Closed Date: 2018

On September 29, 2006, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada against GNLV, Corp., d/b/a Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino along with several individual employers under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC sought injunctive relief, modification of defendants’ policies, compensatory and punitive damages, and attorneys’ fees and costs. This case was originally assigned to Judge Brian Sandoval and refe…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Gary v. Sheahan

1:96-cv-07294 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Nov. 7, 1996

On November 7, 1996, on behalf of two named plaintiffs, Chicago attorney Thomas G. Morrissey filed a civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, challenging the Cook County Sheriff's policy of strip searching female pretrial detainees upon returning to the Cook County Jail from court after there had been a judicial determination that there was no longer a basis for their detention, other than to be processed for re…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Jackson v. Taylor

1:06-cv-00300 | U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Filed Date: May 8, 2006

Closed Date: 2011

On May 8, 2006, a prisoner of the State of Delaware filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 against the Delaware Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The plaintiff, who was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection, asked the court to enjoin the defendants from carrying out the execution, arguing that the lethal injection procedure inflicts unnecessary pain and torture in violation of his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unu…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Buycks-Roberson v. Citibank Fed. Sav. Bank

1:94-cv-04094 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 8, 1994

Closed Date: May 12, 1998

Plaintiffs filed their class action lawsuit on July 6, 1994, alleging that Citibank had engaged in redlining practices in the Chicago metropolitan area in violation of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), 15 U.S.C. 1691; the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 3601-3619; the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; and 42 U.S.C. 1981, 1982. Plaintiffs alleged that the defendant-bank rejected loan applications of minority applicants while approving loan applications filed by white applicants w…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Orlowski v. Dominick's Finer Foods, Inc.

1:95-cv-01666 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 16, 1995

Closed Date: 2000

On March 16, 1995, two employees filed a lawsuit against their employer, Dominick's Finer Foods Inc., in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Six other plaintiffs were later added. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, alleged employment discrimination based on sex and race, and asked the court for injunctive and declaratory relief, back pay, and damages…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Robinson v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.

4:98-cv-00739 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: Nov. 4, 1998

Closed Date: Aug. 17, 2001

On November 4, 1998 plaintiffs, a group of eight black employees and one Asian employee of a Sears store in Little Rock, Arkansas, filed suit against Sears, Roebuck and Co. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas alleging that the defendant had unlawfully discriminated against them on the basis of race in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981, Title VII (42 U.S.C. § 2000e), and state law. The complaint stemmed from an allegation of unequal pay but included other relate…