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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 …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. SPITZER MANAGEMENT, INC.

1:06-cv-02337 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Sept. 27, 2006

Closed Date: Sept. 12, 2018

The Philadelphia District Office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought this lawsuit against Spitzer Management, Inc., an auto dealership, in September 2006 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. The case was assigned to Judge Ann Aldrich. The complaint alleged that Spitzer management had created a hostile work environment for employees by harassing a Nigerian complainant, a Korean complainant, and other employees based on their national origin in violatio…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Gary v. Sheahan

1:96-cv-07294 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Nov. 7, 1996

On November 7, 1996, on behalf of two named plaintiffs, Chicago attorney Thomas G. Morrissey filed a civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, challenging the Cook County Sheriff's policy of strip searching female pretrial detainees upon returning to the Cook County Jail from court after there had been a judicial determination that there was no longer a basis for their detention, other than to be processed for re…
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. …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Foote v. Spiegel

2:94-cv-00754 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 1994

Closed Date: Feb. 16, 2001

A motorist brought this suit under § 1983 against Utah State Troopers, corrections officers, and the state of Utah on August 1, 1994 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. The motorist alleged that the officers violated her Fourth Amendment rights and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when they strip searched after a traffic stop. The motorist sought damages for these alleged violations. She was represented by McCullough, Jones & Ivins and the American Civil Liberties Unio…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Freeman v. Berge

3:03-cv-00021 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 2003

Closed Date: 2006

On February 13, 2003, a prisoner in the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC), filed a suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the DOC. The plaintiff, pro se at the time of the filing, asked the court for injunctive relief and damages, alleging that the employees of the DOC violated his constitutional rights. Specifically, the plaintiff alleges that the employees of the DOC violated his rights, under the Due Process Clause and th…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Thomas v. Pemco Aeroplex, Inc.

2:99-cv-03280 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Dec. 9, 1999

Closed Date: 2002

On December 9, 1999, a group of thirty-six African American employees filed a lawsuit, under 42 U.S.C. §1981, 42 U.S.C. §1981A, Title VII of U.S.C. §2000e, and 42 U.S.C. §1988, against Pemco Aeroplex, Inc. seeking monetary and injunctive relief. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, claimed that they were victims of racial discrimination which created a hostile working environment. Debate over class certification ensued from 1999 to 2000. Ultimately, hearings on class certification…
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…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Doe v. Nixon

4:08-cv-01518 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Oct. 8, 2008

Closed Date: 2013

On October 8, 2008, several sex offenders in Missouri filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri against the State of Missouri, several cities and counties in Missouri, and several police departments in Missouri. The plaintiffs were represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri Foundation and private counsel. They asked the court for a preliminary injunction that prevented the police from enforcing R.S.Mo. §589.426, which prohibits certain activi…
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…