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PRISON CONDITIONS
Van Patten v. Pearce

3:87-cv-00298 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: March 23, 1987

On March 23, 1987, inmates at the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against the Oregon Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. The plaintiffs alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by inadequate healthcare at the prison. On May 29, 1991, the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Judge Owen M. Panner) denied the defendants' motion for summary judgment, holding that the…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Roberts v. County of Mahoning

4:03-cv-02329 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Nov. 14, 2003

Closed Date: May 17, 2010

On November 14, 2003 Ohio inmates filed this class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District Of Ohio, alleging that the conditions of confinement at the Mahoning County Justice Center ("Justice Center") and the Minimum Security Jail ("MSJ") violated their constitutional rights. The plaintiffs alleged that they were subjected severe overcrowding and corresponding deprivations. They sought equitable and declaratory relief.On March 5, 2004, …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Dehart v. Stevens-Henager College

1:05-cv-00118 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: Sept. 22, 2005

Closed Date: March 28, 2008

This is a case about gender-based employment discrimination. This case was brought on September 22, 2005, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah by a former employee of Stevens-Henager College who alleged that she was paid a lower salary because of her gender, in violation of the Equal Pay Act ("EPA") and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (prohibiting employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin). In her complaint, the plaintiff also all…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Sundstrom and Fields v. Frank

2:06-cv-00112 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Jan. 24, 2006

Closed Date: May 23, 2012

On January 24, 2006, two transgender state prisoners in various Wisconsin prisons filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Division. Represented by the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., the ACLU Foundation, Inc., the ACLU of Wisconsin Foundation, Inc., and private counsel, Plaintiffs brought this lawsuit against various officials from the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (WDC) and staff from the various state prisons. Plaintif…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Chapman v. Hardin County, Kentucky

3:05-cv-00433 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2005

Closed Date: 2011

On August 1, 2005, a female inmate at the Hardin County Detention Center (HCDC) filed a civil rights class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, alleged that she and other inmates of the Jail contracted Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) because of inadequate policies and practices to diagnose, treat, isolate, and prevent the spread of MRSA. The plaintiff sought m…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Cavanaugh v. Sprint/United Management Co.

1:04-cv-03418 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Nov. 22, 2004

Closed Date: 2006

On November 22, 2004, a female employee 0ver the age of 40 filed a class action lawsuit under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 621 (ADEA) against Sprint/United Management Company in United States District Court, Northern District of Atlanta. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, asked the Court for declaratory and injunctive relief, including reinstatement and restoration of pensions and other benefits, and monetary relief including front pay, back pay, and liquida…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Cooper v. IBM Personal Pension Plan

3:99-cv-00829 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Nov. 1, 1999

Closed Date: Jan. 16, 2007

On October 16, 2005 the plaintiffs filed a lawsuit based on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, 29 U.S.C. §1001 against IBM Personal Pension Plan in United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. The plaintiffs alleged that amendments made to their pension plans when it was transformed from a traditional cash balance plan to a defined benefit plan based on a point system constituted age discrimination. Specifically they alleged that the change…
CHILD WELFARE
Kenny A. v. Perdue

1:02-cv-01686 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: June 19, 2002

The advocacy organization Children's Rights, Inc. filed this lawsuit in June 2002 against the state of Georgia and the Departments of Family and Children Services (DFCS) in Fulton and DeKalb Counties, on behalf of children in foster care in Fulton and DeKalb counties. Plaintiffs alleged violations of the Georgia State Constitution, the First, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, the Medicaid Act, and the Multi…
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…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Knight v. Thompson

2:93-cv-01404 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Nov. 24, 1993

Closed Date: 2016

On November 24, 1993, inmates who adhered to Native American religion filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. The plaintiffs challenged the Alabama Department of Correction's (DOC) policies restricting Native American religious practices, including religious objects, ceremonial grounds, hair length, and sweat lodge ceremonies. The plaintiffs alleged that their First Amendment rights and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act were violated by the DOC's polici…