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PRISON CONDITIONS
Women Prisoners of DC Department of Corrections v. District of Columbia

1:93-cv-02052 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 1993

Closed Date: 2004

On October 1, 1993, a group of female prisoners of the District of Columbia filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the District of Columbia Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by sexual abuse from prison staff, who they claimed had used physical force and threats of physical forc…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
ACORN v. Edgar

1:95-cv-00174 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 11, 1995

Closed Date: 1995

On January 11, 1995, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), Equip for Equality, and several individual plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against the State of Illinois in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, asking the court to compel the defendants to enforce the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), 42 U.S.C. Section 1973gg, et seq., usually known as the Motor Voter law. The defendants counterargued that the law in question was unconsti…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Brian B. v. Stalder

3:98-cv-00886 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Oct. 21, 1998

Closed Date: May 2, 2006

In this case, private plaintiffs filed a civil rights class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana to challenge conditions of confinement at the Tallulah Correctional Center for Youth (Tallulah). Plaintiffs were represented by the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Youth Law Center. The Amended Complaint, filed in October 1998, alleged claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983; the Individuals with Disabilities Education Ac…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Zavala v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

2:03-cv-05309 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Nov. 10, 2003

Closed Date: 2011

On November 10, 2003, a group of 17 undocumented immigrant workers, who provided janitorial services at Wal-Mart stores nationwide, filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against Wal-Mart Stores Inc., alleging violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq.; the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), 29 U.S.C. §§201 et seq.; and conspiracy to violate civil rights under 42 U.S.C. §1985(3). Plaint…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
M.K.B. v. Eggleston

1:05-cv-10446 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 13, 2005

Closed Date: 2014

On December 13, 2005, a group of battered immigrant wives and children of lawful U.S. residents filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, challenging the denial of food stamps, Medicaid, and other public assistance benefits to certain categories of immigrants. The plaintiffs alleged that they applied for public benefits at New York City Job Centers, but were improperly denied those benefits in violation of state and federal law. …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Olvera-Morales v. Int'l Labor Mgmt. Corp.

1:05-cv-00559 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Dec. 23, 2002

Closed Date: 2009

On December 23, 2002, a Mexican woman who worked in the U.S. as a non-immigrant guest worker filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, alleging that various labor recruiters engaged in sex discrimination against women who they were placing as non-immigrant guest workers at various U.S. farms. Specifically, plaintiff alleged a systematic practice by recruiters of denying women the opportunity to obtain seasonal work (agricultural work, such as…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Fish v. St. Cloud State University

6:96-cv-00155 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: June 4, 1996

Closed Date: July 9, 2002

On June 4, 1996, female employees of St. Cloud State University ("SCSU")filed a lawsuit against the university in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. They alleged violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked for $50,000 in damages, seeking back-pay and injunctive relief, because of alleged gender discrimination with respect to compensation, promotion and tenure, and terms and condi…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Shuford v. Alabama State Board of Education

2:89-cv-00196 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Feb. 24, 1989

Closed Date: June 8, 2005

On February 24, 1989 a black male employee of a school in Alabama's postsecondary education system filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama claiming that he had been discriminated on the basis of race. He specifically alleged that he had been denied promotions because of his race. Subsequent complaints alleged that the defendant discriminated on the basis of race in hiring, promotions, and demotions by engaging in practices that were based on no…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Butler v. McDonough

3:04-cv-00917 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Sept. 20, 2004

Closed Date: 2011

On September 20, 2004, current and former prisoners of the Florida State Prison ("FSP") filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against prison officials and Florida's Department of Corrections ("DOC"). The plaintiffs, represented by Florida Institutional Legal Services and Florida Justice Institute, asked the Court for injunctive and declaratory relief and compensatory and punitive damages for violations of the Eighth and Fourteenth A…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Kivilaan v. American Airlines

3:04-cv-00814 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Sept. 10, 2004

Closed Date: Sept. 30, 2009

This class action by female employees at American Airlines, Inc. was filed on September 10, 2004, in the U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sought class certification as well as declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that the defendant's health plan insurance policy discriminated against female employees by providing less complete coverage to women. The class action complaint alleged that the American's failure to provide the p…