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JAIL CONDITIONS
Amador v. Baca

2:10-cv-01649 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: March 5, 2010

Case Ongoing

On March 5, 2010, two female former inmates who were imprisoned in the Century Regional Detention Facility ("CRDF"), a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department ("LASD") facility, filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Represented by a civil rights law firm, the plaintiffs sued the LASD under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs alleged violations of their Fourth, Eight, and Fourteenth Amendment rights, as well as their equivalents under the…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Commonwealth v. Trump

2:17-cv-04540 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 11, 2017

Case Ongoing

On October 11, 2017, the Attorney General of Pennsylvania brought this suit in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The case is a challenge to administrative rules promulgated by the federal government that interpret the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in a way that gives employers broad discretion to deny women access to contraceptives. As such, the suit was brought against the President of the United States, acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Secretary of the U.S…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Stinnie v. Holcomb

3:16-cv-00044 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 6, 2016

Case Ongoing

On July 6, 2016, indigent Virginia residents brought this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia after suffering indefinite suspension of their driver's licenses pursuant to Virginia Code § 46.2-395 for failure to pay court costs and fines that they could not afford. The plaintiffs sued the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private attorneys, the plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive reli…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar

2:20-cv-00966 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: June 29, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 10, 2020

This is a case about mail-in voting during the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 29, 2020, the Donald Trump Presidential Campaign, the Republican National Committee, four Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, and two residents of Pennsylvania filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. These plaintiffs, represented by a private law firm, sued Pennsylvania and its county boards of elections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging th…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Jackson Women's Health Organization v. Currier

3:12-cv-00436 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: June 27, 2012

Closed Date: Feb. 1, 2019

This is a case challenging Mississippi’s House Bill 1390, which was passed in April 2012 and required all physicians associated with an abortion facility to (1) have admitting privileges at a local hospital and (2) be board-certified or eligible in obstetrics and gynecology. Several Mississippi legislators commented publicly that the purpose of the law was to end abortion in the state. On June 27, 2012, Jackson Whole Women’s Health, Mississippi’s sole abortion provider, along with one of its ph…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Adams & Boyle v. Slatery

3:15-cv-00705 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: June 25, 2015

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary In light of COVID-19, the Governor of Tennessee issued an executive order limiting "non-emergency" health care procedures, including all abortions except for medication abortion. The plaintiffs supplemented their complaint to address the order. The district court enjoined the defendants from enforcing the order on April 17, 2020, and the Sixth Circuit affirmed the injunction on April 24. However, on January 25, 2021, the Supreme Court vacated the injunction as moot. Challenge …
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
United States v. Lincoln Parish School Board

3:66-cv-12071 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: June 8, 1966

Case Ongoing

On June 8, 1966, the United States Department of Justice filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. The Department of Justice sued to enjoin the operation of a dual school system in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. This lengthy case involves a number of appeals and consolidations with other school desegregation cases proceeding in parallel in the Western District of Louisiana. Obtaining a Consent DecreeOn July 28, 1966, the defendants’ counsel admitted that Linc…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Dobbey v. Weilding

1:13-cv-01068 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2013

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: The plaintiffs, a class of prisoners housed at Stateville Correctional Center, asked the court to temporarily appoint an expert to oversee the Illinois Department of Correction's (IDOC) response to the COVID-19 pandemic at Stateville. The court denied the motion on April 13, 2020. This case was originally filed in 2013. The original plaintiff, Lester Dobbey, was an inmate in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections in the Stateville Correctional Center. On Februar…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hawaii v. Trump

1:17-cv-00050 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2017

Closed Date: Oct. 2, 2018

The below summary is a condensed version. The full summary can be found here on the Clearinghouse website. Hawaii Attorney General Douglas S. Chin filed this lawsuit on February 3, 2017 against President Trump’s Jan. 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO-1) barring legal immigrants, visitors, and refugees from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the US and barring Syrian refugees indefinitely. The State filed a concurrent complaint and motion for a temporary restraining order in the U.S. Distr…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Engers v. AT&T

2:98-cv-03660 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Aug. 5, 1998

Closed Date: June 22, 2011

AT&T changed its pension plan in November 1997, which allegedly resulted in younger employees receiving more benefits than older employees previously had, while the pension benefits for older employees were reduced. On August 5, 1998, the plaintiff filed this class-action lawsuit in the District Court of New Jersey bringing 17 claims for relief alleging violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), ERISA, and state law. The complaint sought declaratory and injunctive relief req…