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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Bergnes v. New York State Unified Court System/Office of Court Administration

1:22-cv-04298 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 25, 2022

Case Ongoing

On May 25, 2022, a self-identified class of interpreters and New York Communities for Change filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the New York State Unified Court System. Plaintiffs asserted that interpreters, who also happen to largely be of non-U.S. national origin and all associate with people of non-U.S. national origin, are the lowest-paid state courtroom personnel, despite being the highest paid in the federal court system. …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
OCA-Greater Houston et al. v. Esparza et al.

1:21-cv-00780 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Sept. 3, 2021

Closed Date: Sept. 30, 2021

This lawsuit was filed on September 3, 2021 on behalf of OCA-Greater Houston, League of Women Voters of Texas, REVUP-Texas, Texas Organizing Project and Workers Defense Action Fund challenging the state’s voter suppression legislation, Senate Bill 1. Disability Rights Texas, the state's protection and advocacy agency, served as one of the plaintiffs' attorneys. The suit challenged multiple provisions of S.B. 1: strict ID requirements for mail-in ballots, a restriction on providing assistance to…
POLICING
United States v. City of Seattle

2:12-cv-01282 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 27, 2012

Case Ongoing

On March 31, 2011, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) opened an investigation of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (then codified at 42 U.S.C. § 14141; then recodified to 34 U.S.C. § 12601), the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Following a comprehensive investigation, on December 16, 2011, the DOJ announced its findings that SPD …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Conservative Party Of New York State v. New York State Board of Elections

1:10-cv-06923 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 14, 2010

Closed Date: Nov. 6, 2018

This case was a challenge by minor political parties as to the constitutionality of New York Election Law § 9-112(4).  New York permits a political candidate to accept the nomination of multiple political parties.  As a result, such candidate’s name can appear on a ballot multiple times, once for each party for which the candidate accepted a nomination.  Under New York Election Law § 9-112(4), if a voter “double votes” by voting for one candidate on more than one party line, only the “first” vo…
CHILD WELFARE
Brandt v. Rutledge

4:21-cv-00450 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: May 25, 2021

Case Ongoing

On April 6, 2021, the Arkansas legislature passed H.B. 1570 — the "Save Adolescents from Experimentation” (SAFE) Act — over the governor’s veto. The Safe Act banned healthcare professionals from providing gender transition procedures, including puberty blockers and hormones, to anyone under 18 or from referring anyone under 18 to any healthcare professional for such procedures. Additionally, the SAFE Act prohibited coverage of gender transition procedures for minors by Medicaid or private insur…
POLICING
Collins v. City of Milwaukee

2:17-cv-00234 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Feb. 22, 2017

Case Ongoing

Plaintiffs, ACLU national and the ACLU of Wisconsin, along with Covington & Burling attorneys, filed this class action alleging that the Milwaukee Police Department's (MPD) stop-and-frisk policies were unconstitutional. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin on February 22, 2017. The complaint alleged under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that Milwaukee's stop-and-frisk policies violated the Fourth Amendment's search and seizure protections as well as the Fourteent…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Nevada Disability Advocacy & Law Center v. Willden

2:05-cv-00757 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: June 17, 2005

Closed Date: June 5, 2007

This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency’s records access authority. On June 17, 2005, Nevada Disability Advocacy & Law Center (Nevada DALC), Nevada’s P&A, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. Nevada DALC filed this lawsuit against Michael J. Willden, the Director of Nevada’s Department of Human Resources, in his official capacity. The P&A filed this lawsuit under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act) an…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Johnson v. City of Annapolis

1:21-cv-01120 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 7, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case regards disparate treatment in the handling of housing inspections in Annapolis public housing. On May 7, 2021, two plaintiffs on behalf of a proposed class (every tenant in Annapolis public housing who is similarly situated), filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, with Judge Catherine C. Blake presiding. The plaintiffs sued the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis for violations of the Housing Rights Act, Civil Rights Act, and the Equal Prot…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Gamman's Architectural d/b/a Skylights International, Inc.

3:05-cv-00097 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2005

Closed Date: Oct. 25, 2013

The Atlanta District Office of the EEOC brought this Title VII suit against Gammans Architectural (doing business as Skyline International, Inc.) and Gammans Architectural Products in September 2005 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The complaint, filed on September 30, 2005, alleged that complainants were terminated because of their race. More specifically, the complainants alleged that the defendant terminated the complainants (the two most tenured and experienc…
JAIL CONDITIONS
U.S. v. State of Hawaii [Oahu Correctional Center]

1:08-cv-00585 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Dec. 29, 2008

Closed Date: June 25, 2015

On June 16, 2005, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, acting pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997, commenced an investigation into mental health care conditions and practices at the Oahu Community Correctional Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Based on its investigation, the DOJ concluded that the conditions and practices at the Jail violated the constitutional rights of convicted incarcerated persons and pre-trial detained p…