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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Davis v. General Mills Operations, LLC

1:24-cv-02409 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: June 2, 2024

Case Ongoing

This is a lawsuit alleging race discrimination at a Georgia General Mills plant. The plaintiffs are eight current and former employees of General Mills who currently worked, or previously worked within the last four years, at a General Mills’ manufacturing facility in Covington, Georgia. On June 2, 2024, the plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia alleging that there was a fraternity of white men operating in leadership positions at the Covingt…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. E*Trade Access

1:03-cv-11206 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: June 25, 2003

Closed Date: Aug. 21, 2020

This is a class action case about accessibility of bank ATMs for blind people. On June 25, 2003, the state of Massachusetts, the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), and several blind individuals sued E*Trade Access and E*Trade Bank in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, alleging that the defendants' ATMs were not accessible to blind people. The plaintiffs alleged that this violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Massachusetts law, and sought a declarato…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Schmitt v. Husted

2:18-cv-00966 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2018

Closed Date: Nov. 8, 2021

This case alleged that Portage County and Ohio state officials acted as "gatekeepers" by having near-total discretion in determining which initiatives were included on Ohio's ballots. On August 28, 2018, three individuals sued the Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted in his official capacity and the Portage County Board of Elections and each of its four members in their official capacities in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, seeking a declaratory judgment, a pre…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
DeSena v. State of Maine

1:11-cv-00117 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: March 28, 2011

Closed Date: March 21, 2012

This is a case alleging malapportioned districts in Maine. Plaintiffs, two individual residents of Congressional District 1 in Maine, filed this action in the United States District Court for the District of Maine on March 28, 2011 alleging that their right to vote was unlawfully diluted in violation of Article II, section 2 of the United States Constitution and the Equal Protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.  Defendants included Maine, its Governor, t…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Flores v. Town of Islip

2:18-cv-03549 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: June 18, 2018

Closed Date: Oct. 14, 2020

This case alleged that the town of Islip, New York's election scheme unconstitutionally diluted the strength of the Latino vote.  On June 18, 2018, Latino voters and a New York-based voting rights group sued the town of Islip, New York; the Islip Town Board; and the Suffolk County Board of Elections in the Eastern District of New York. Plaintiffs claimed that the city's at-large election scheme had the effect of impairing Islip’s minority Latino voters right to an equal opportunity to participa…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Keyes v. Gunn

3:16-cv-00228 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: March 30, 2016

Closed Date: Oct. 30, 2018

This case involved an election dispute in Mississippi concerning a tie in the vote for a seat in the House of Representatives for the State of Mississippi. Both candidates received 4,589 votes and the final result was determined by straw draw. The loser of the election filed a petition with the House contesting the election. A special committee was appointed and voted along party lines, discarding 5 of the 9 affidavit votes originally counted by Smith County election commissioners and the Secre…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Tiede v. Collier

1:23-cv-01004 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 24, 2023

Case Ongoing

This is a lawsuit alleging dangerous conditions in Texas prisons due to excessive heat. On August 21, 2024, a 65-year-old man with chronic health conditions incarcerated in a Texas prison filed this suit against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), alleging that his health had been endangered and he had suffered heat-related symptoms resulting in a stroke after the temperature of his cell reached nearly 120 degrees Fahrenheit. The stroke left the plaintiff with permanent facial disf…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Graveline v. Johnson

2:18-cv-12354 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: July 27, 2018

Closed Date: Aug. 18, 2021

This case related to whether Michigan's signature requirement for a candidate to be placed on the ballot was constitutional in that they were narrowly tailored to serve a state interest.  On July 27, 2018, a no-party-affiliation candidate for the office of Michigan Attorney General and supportive voters filed a complaint against the Secretary State of Michigan and the Michigan Bureau of Elections. The Complaint alleged that an early candidate filing deadline and a requirement that submission of…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Mi Familia Vota v. Hobbs

2:20-cv-01903 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 5, 2020

This is a case seeking an extended voter registration period in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.  On September 30, 2020, two nonprofit civic engagement groups and a resident of Arizona who engages in voter registration work, filed a complaint seeking declaratory judgment and emergency motion for a TRO against the Arizona Secretary of State to extend the voter registration deadline to October 27, 2020. Plaintiffs argued that the COVID-19 pandemic severely curtailed plaintiffs’ voter registration …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Baten v. Mcmaster

2:18-cv-00510 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2018

Closed Date: Sept. 9, 2020

This is a case challenging the state of South Carolina's process of awarding electoral votes. On February 21, 2018, six voters who had previously supported Democratic candidates brought a lawsuit challenging South Carolina's winner-take-all system ("WTA"), where the state allocated all its electoral votes in the Electoral College to whichever candidate received the most votes. Plaintiffs sued the Governor of the State of South Carolina, Secretary of State of the State of South Carolina, the Sou…