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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Corrections Corporation of America

1:06-cv-01956 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2006

Closed Date: 2012

On September 29, 2006, the Phoenix District Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against Crowley County Correctional Facility, a Colorado prison, and related corporate entities. The complaint was brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, alleging that the defendant allowed female employees to be sexually harassed by their co-workers, and that when some of them complained, the employer retaliated by subjecting them to increased scrutiny…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Rio Bravo International, Inc.

8:99-cv-01371 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: June 11, 1999

Closed Date: Nov. 14, 2005

In June 1999, the Tampa Area Office and Miami District Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit against Rio Bravo International, Inc., Innovative Restaurant Concepts, Inc., and Applebee's International (doing business as Rio Bravo Cantina) in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida alleging discrimination on the basis of sex, female, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the defendants maintained a hostile work envir…
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 …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
NAACP Jefferson County Branch v. U.S. Secretary of Labor

1:82-cv-02315 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 17, 1982

Closed Date: Sept. 25, 1996

In 1982, the NAACP filed a class action on behalf of farmworkers (apple pickers) in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the Department of Labor's interpretation of its temporary foreign worker program regulations as applied to certain West Virginia apple growers. The complaint alleged that the Department misinterpreted the regulations in a way that allowed grower productivity expectations for apple pickers to increase, thereby resulting in less pay for workers. The Di…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Alexander v. Local 496, Laborers' Intern. Union of North America

1:84-cv-03916 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Dec. 20, 1984

Closed Date: 2004

On December 20, 1984, plaintiffs brought suit in United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio alleging violations of Title VII and § 1981 against defendants The Laborer's International Union of North America (LIUNA) and their Local 496 chapter. The complaint alleges that the defendants were denied membership and employment opportunities based on race (African American.)In 1988 a class was certified consisting of 52 African Americans which was the entirety of all blacks who so…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Sterling Jewelers Inc.

1:08-cv-00706 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 9, 2008

Closed Date: 2022

On September 9, 2008, in response to charges filed by 18 women, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed this lawsuit against Sterling Jewelers, alleging violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 based on discriminatory employment practices. Specifically, the EEOC claimed that Sterling Jewelers intentionally discriminated against female sales employees by maintaining a system of excessively subjective promotion and compensation decisions and thereby permitting or en…
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Grutter v. Bollinger

2:97-cv-75928 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Dec. 3, 1997

Closed Date: 2004

On Dec. 3, 1997, an applicant to the University of Michigan Law School brought this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the University of Michigan Law School. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, claimed that, in denying her admission, the school discriminated against her on the basis of her race, and violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. She claimed that the school used the race of its appli…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Hyman v. First Union Corp.

1:94-cv-01043 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 12, 1994

Closed Date: 1997

On May 12, 1994, terminated employees of First Union Corporation filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e and 29 U.S.C. § 626 against First Union Corporation ("First Union") in the United States District Court, District of Columbia. Plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the Court for injunctive relief and damages, claiming that First Union's policies, although neutral on their face, resulted in the termination of a disproportionate number of individuals over forty years of age, blac…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Valenzuela v. County of Maricopa

2:08-cv-00660 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: April 4, 2008

On April 4, 2008, immigrant detainees in Maricopa County filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona against the County of Maricopa and head staff. The plaintiffs claimed that the Count of Maricopa violated the plaintiffs' rights under the Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU and MALDEF, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, requesting an immed…
JAIL CONDITIONS
United States v. Miami Dade County

1:13-cv-21570 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: May 1, 2013

On May 1, 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of inmates from the Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Department Jail (MDRC), filed a suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida against officials from Miami-Dade County for alleged violation of the inmates' Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The suit alleged that the defendants failed to provide suicide protection and mental health care to the inmates, causing the inmates to suffer …