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PRISON CONDITIONS
LaMarca v. Turner

9:82-cv-08196 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: May 14, 1982

Closed Date: 2000

On May 14, 1982, an inmate at the Glades Correctional Institution in Florida filed a pro se lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against representatives of the prison in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Nine other inmates of the prison were eventually added onto the lawsuit, which became a class action, and they were later represented by Florida Rural Legal Services. The inmates asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, alleging that the…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Carty v. Farrelly

3:94-cv-00078 | District Court of the Virgin Islands

Filed Date: June 20, 1994

On June 20, 1994, inmates of the Criminal Justice Complex in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, filed this class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands. The plaintiffs, who were represented by the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union and others, sued the Governor of the Virgin Islands and the Virgin Islands Bureau of Corrections; they asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their cons…
POLICING
In re Cincinnati Policing

1:99-cv-03170 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: April 30, 1999

Closed Date: 2009

On April 30, 1999, Bomani Tyehimba, an African-American male, filed a lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio alleging that he was subjected to a racially discriminatory stop, search and detention by officers of the Cincinnati Police Department [CPD]. That suit was initially styled Tyehimba v. City of Cincinnati, (99-cv-00317-SJD-MRM). Tyehimba was represented by private counsel and counsel the ACLU.On December 13, 2000, Tyehimba move…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
In re Juvenile Justice Facilities

3:97-cv-00001 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Jan. 2, 1997

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2003

This case was part of the collection of § 1983 inmate cases that had been pending in the Louisiana federal courts, challenging the operation and conditions of confinement in the Louisiana prison system and in parish and city jails through Louisiana. See the cases categories PC-LA, JC-LA and JI-LA of this collection.Judge Frank J. Polozola of the U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana presided over many of the Louisiana prison and jail cases. In an effort to better manage those cases…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Idaho Power Company

1:02-cv-00409 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Sept. 4, 2002

Closed Date: Nov. 24, 2006

The Seattle office of the EEOC brought this Title VII and ADEA suit against Idaho Power Co. in September 2002, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. The complaint alleged that the defendant discriminated against the charging party, a 57 year old Hispanic male, both because of his age and national origin. More specifically, the complaint alleges that the defendant hired nine less qualified white males between the ages of 21-33 for the positions that the charging party sought. …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. NCL AMERICA

1:06-cv-00451 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 2006

Closed Date: June 3, 2010

The Los Angeles district office of the EEOC filed this case in August 2006 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii against NCL America, Inc., a major international cruise line, and three of its affiliated corporate entities. The complaint alleged that NCL had discharged the charging parties because of their Middle Eastern origin and their Muslim religion, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In November 2006, the charging parties intervened in the suit, add…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Dunbar Diagnostic Services, Inc.

4:02-cv-00555 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 2002

Closed Date: Oct. 5, 2005

In February 2002, the Houston office of the EEOC brought this Title VII suit against Dunbar Diagnostic Services, Inc. et al. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The complaint alleged that the defendant discriminated and retaliated against an employee. The defendant filed a motion for summary and judgment and the plaintiff filed a partial motion for summary judgment in August and September of 2002. The court granted in part and denied in part both the plaintiff and …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Mack v. Suffolk County

1:98-cv-12511 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 13, 1998

Closed Date: 2005

On July 13, 1998, plaintiff, Bronwyn Ford, filed a civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, seeking damages from the City of Boston arising from two alleged strip-searches that followed her arrest on a defective warrant. Brown claimed that after being wrongly arrested, she was taken to the Boston Police Station on Berkeley Street where she was strip-searched and was then transported to the Suffolk County Jail on Na…
EDUCATION
Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality by any Means Necessary (BAMN) v. Granholm

2:06-cv-15024 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Nov. 8, 2006

Closed Date: April 24, 2014

Until and through the latter part of 2006, the University of Michigan's admissions policies allowed for the consideration of race among the factors it considered in making admissions decisions. In 2003, this policy was expressly approved by the United States Supreme Court in Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003). On November 7, 2006, the people of Michigan approved by majority vote a statewide ballot initiative, Proposal 2, which amended the Michigan Constitution to prohibit discrimination …
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Jeffrey O. v. City of Boca Raton

9:03-cv-80178 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: March 7, 2003

Closed Date: 2007

On March 7, 2003, a group of recovering alcoholics and drug addicts filed a lawsuit under the Fair Housing Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Boca Raton in the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief, claiming that an ordinance enacted by the city unlawfully prohibited drug and alcohol recovery facilites from operat…