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JAIL CONDITIONS
Rooks & U.S. v. Herring

1:92-cv-00316 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 23, 1992

Closed Date: 1998

On April 23, 1992, inmates at the Conecuh County Jail ("Jail") in Evergreen, Alabama filed a class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Alabama Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.The plaintiffs, represented by attorneys from the Southern Center For Human Rights, sought declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages for the alleged inhumane conditions of confinement they were subjected to at the Jail. The case wa…
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…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. WAL-MART STORES INC

4:04-cv-00076 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2004

Closed Date: April 18, 2010

The Kansas City, Kansas and St. Louis, Missouri offices of the EEOC brought this case against Wal-Mart, Inc. in January 2004 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. The complaint alleged that the Wal-Mart store located in Richmond, Missouri failed to hire the complainant because of his physical disability in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. After a number of discovery disputes, Wal-Mart, Inc. filed a motion for summary judgment. The District Court gr…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

3:01-cv-00225 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: July 27, 2001

Closed Date: 2006

On July 27, 2001, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Seattle office filed a lawsuit under Title VII against the National Education Association in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska. The complainants later intervened as private plaintiffs in the case. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants had violated the rights of the complainants by discriminating against them on the basis of their gender (which was female), creating a "sex-based hostile work environment."The …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Santillan v. Mukasey

3:04-cv-02686 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 6, 2004

Closed Date: July 21, 2010

On July 6, 2004, individuals who had been granted the status of lawful permanent resident by the Department of Justice's Executive Office of Immigration Review filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued the United States Attorney General, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services and its Director, and the San Francisco District Director under 5 U.S.C. § 551…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Moore v. Rees

3:06-cv-00022 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: April 19, 2006

Closed Date: 2015

On April 19, 2006, the plaintiff, a death row inmate in Kentucky represented by private counsel, filed a lawsuit against the Kentucky Department of Corrections, the warden of the Kentucky State Penitentiary, the medical director of the Kentucky Department of Corrections, and the governor of Kentucky in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. The plaintiff sought a temporary restraining order, injunctive and declaratory relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of his E…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Bert v. AK Steel Corp.

1:02-cv-00467 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: June 26, 2002

Closed Date: 2008

On January 19, 2005, the plaintiffs, African American men and women, filed a lawsuit pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000(e)-5(f), et seq. against AK Steel Corporation in United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Western Division. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sought class certification, a permanent injunction against AK Steel, an order requiring the initiation and implemen…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Nelson v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

2:04-cv-00171 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: Sept. 22, 2004

Closed Date: July 10, 2010

On August 11, 2005 a group of African-Americans filed a consolidated amended complaint under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.) and 42 U.S.C. § 1981 against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in United States District Court of the Eastern District of Arkansas. The plaintiffs alleged that Wal-Mart discriminated against African-Americans in hiring and sought damages and injunctive and declaratory relief. Specifically, the plaintiffs contended that Wal-Mart's practice of "word of mo…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Jock v. Sterling Jewelers, Inc.

1:08-cv-02875 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 18, 2008

On March 18, 2008, sixteen current and former female employees of Sterling Jewelers, Inc., filed a putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Sterling, a large jewelry retailer. The case was assigned to District Judge Jed Sol Rakoff. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sued under under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000e), the Equal Pay Act (29 U.S.C. § 206(d)), and the Age Discrimination in Employm…
PUBLIC HOUSING
Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority

1:66-cv-01459 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 1966

Filed in 1966 and still ongoing as of 2022, this is one of the most significant housing desegregation cases ever, leading to the nation's first desegregative housing mobility voucher program. In collaboration with BPI, the Chicago public interest organization that has for decades represented the plaintiffs in this case, the Clearinghouse has acquired and posted the full litigation record—over 2100 documents, all told.  About 230 "core" documents are set to display here; if you click on "show mo…