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JAIL CONDITIONS
McGrath v. County of Nevada

2:89-cv-01658 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 4, 1989

On December 4, 1989, a class action lawsuit was filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, on behalf of all present and future prisoners of the Nevada County Jail and Nevada County Detention Center against Nevada County in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. Plaintiff prisoners alleged violations of their First, Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights. In particular, prisoners alleged that they were deprived of beds, seating at meals, clothing, medical, dental, and ment…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Tyler v. Percich

4:74-cv-00040 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Jan. 18, 1974

Closed Date: 2000

On January 18, 1974, incarcerated people of the St. Louis City Jail filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri against the City of St. Louis, its Department of Public Safety, and the St. Louis Sheriff. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri, sought injunctive relief, alleging that overcrowding at the St. Louis City Jail produced conditions which vi…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
John A and Mary B v. Castle

1:90-cv-00200 | U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Filed Date: May 1, 1990

On May 1, 1990, male and female youth confined at the Ferris School and Bridge House in Wilmington, Delaware, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Youth Rehabilitation Services (YRS) and the State of Delaware in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and the National Prison Project of the ACLU, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the defendants violated their Fourteenth Amendme…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Ruth L. v. White

2:90-cv-05562 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 27, 1990

Closed Date: 1996

On August 27, 1990, several individuals with intellectual disabilities, represented by attorneys for the Disabilities Law Project, filed a class action lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare [DPW] pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, challenging their continued confinement in state institutions. Plaintiffs sought to enjoin DPW from denying persons with intellectual disabilities appropriate treatment and placement in commun…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Remmers v. Brewer

4:72-cv-00177 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 1972

Closed Date: 2009

On August 3, 1972, two inmates of the Iowa State Penitentiary at Fort Madison filed a pro se lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa against prison officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of their First Amendment right to freely practice their religion as members of the Church of New Song (CONS). They also complained that involving chaplains in the parole process violated the Establishment Clause of the Constitution. After a trial on February 22-23, 19…
POLICING
U.S. v. City of Pittsburgh

2:97-cv-00354 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 1997

Closed Date: 2005

On February 26, 1997, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a complaint against the City of Pittsburgh ["City"], the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police ["PBP"], and the Department of Public Safety pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §14141 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania to remedy an alleged pattern or practice of unconstitutional misconduct by officers of the PBP which included: using excessive force; making false arrests; lodging false charges; and conducting improper searches a…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Harper v. Bennett

1:04-cv-01416 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: May 19, 2004

Closed Date: 2015

On May 19, 2004, inmates at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The plaintiffs sued Fulton County and the Georgia Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. §1983 challenging the conditions of their confinement under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The class action suit, brought on behalf of inmates who were currently or would be incarcerated in the future at the Fulton County Jail facilities in Atla…
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…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. INTERSTATE EQUITIES, INC. d/b/a BURGER KING

1:03-cv-02783 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2003

Closed Date: Oct. 25, 2006

The Baltimore office of the EEOC brought this Title VII suit against Interstate Equities, Inc. (doing business as Burger King) in September 2003, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Specifically, the complainant alleges that defendant subjected her to a hostile work environment and fired her in retaliation for complaining about the harassment. The parties entered a Settlement Agreement approximately one year after the suit was initiated and the court approved a consent de…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. MAIN LINE HEALTH SYSTEM

2:05-cv-04092 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 2, 2005

Closed Date: 2008

The EEOC's Philadelphia district office sued Man Line Health, Inc., a company that operates numerous hospitals throughout Pennsylvania, on August 2, 2005 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The EEOC's complaint alleged that Main Line violated Title VII and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act when it discriminated based on race (African American) and age when it failed to promote two qualified elderly African American workers for a job and instead promoted …