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CHILD WELFARE
Marisol A. v. Giuliani

1:95-cv-10533 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 13, 1995

Closed Date: Aug. 6, 2018

This federal class action was brought by children in the custody of the New York City Child Welfare Administration ("CWA"), and children who, while not in the custody of CWA, are or will be at risk of abuse or neglect and whose status is known or should be known to CWA. It was filed on December 13, 1995 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs, represented by Children's Rights Inc., Lawyers for Children, and private counsel, sought class certification, …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Inmates of Occoquan v. Barry

1:86-cv-02128 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 1986

On August 4, 1986, the prisoners at the Occoquan Facilites of the District of Columbia's Lorton Correctional Complex filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the District of Columbia government officials responsible for these medium security facilities in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs alleged that overcrowding at the facility violated their Eighth Amendment rights, and that the District of Columbia repeatedly fai…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Imprisoned Citizens Union v. Shapp

2:70-cv-03054 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Nov. 4, 1970

Closed Date: March 23, 1999

On November 4, 1970, the Imprisoned Citizens Union, an unincorporated association composed of prisoners of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs, represented in part by the American Civil Liberties Union, alleged that the defendants had violated their constitutional rights by failing to furnish them with necessiti…
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
EEOC v. Autozone

2:00-cv-02923 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2000

Closed Date: March 24, 2009

The Memphis and Washington D.C. offices of the EEOC brought suit against Autozone, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee in September 2000. While we do not have a copy of the complaint, it seems the complaint alleged that Autozone, Inc. engaged in a pattern or practice of race and gender discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. More specifically, the defendant allegedly discriminated against females and Blacks in hiring and prom…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Marriott v. Montgomery County

5:03-cv-00531 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: April 29, 2003

Closed Date: 2007

On April 29, 2003, a person represented by a group of private attorneys from New York and D.C. law firms filed a class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the North District of New York, challenging the jail admission policy of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department. The policy, known as a "change-out" procedure, required that each admittee to be placed in the Montgomery County Jail had to remove his/her clothes, shower and then change in…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Allen v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.

2:07-cv-11706 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 17, 2007

Closed Date: 2011

On April 17, 2007, former sales associates of Sears, Roebuck & Co. filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA") against the company and Sears Home Improvement Products ("SHIP"), a wholly owned subsidiary. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for damages and declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that the company violated the ADEA when it transitioned the pla…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Johnson v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

2:08-cv-03515 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 29, 2008

On May 29, 2008, three prisoners with mobility impairments housed in Los Angeles County jail facilities filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiffs sued the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. They challenged alleged discrimination against people with disabilities in the Los Angeles County jail system. Represented by private counsel, the Disab…
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…