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JAIL CONDITIONS
Woodson v. Sully

3:85-cv-03049 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: Feb. 27, 1985

Closed Date: 2011

On February 27, 1985, prisoners of the Wyandotte County Jail filed this class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. The plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by private attorneys, sued the Board of County Commissioners of Wyandotte County, three individual commissioners, and the Sheriff of Wyandotte County. The plaintiffs challenged the conditions of their confinement. In 1987, the parties negotiated a stipulated consent de…
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…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Dube v. Eagle USA Airfreight, Inc.

4:01-cv-00900 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 13, 2001

Closed Date: May 29, 2007

On May 12, 2000, several employees of Eagle Global Logistics filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Plaintiffs sued Eagle under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 2000e), the Equal Pay Act (29 U.S.C. § 206(d)), and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq). The plaintiffs, represented by a combination of public interest and private attorneys, sought declaratory and injunctive relief requiring Eagl…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Morales v. Hickman

3:06-cv-00219 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 11, 2006

On January 11, 2006, several inmates at the state prison at San Quentin filed lawsuits under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the California Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs, all of whom were scheduled to be executed by lethal injection, alleged that their constitutional rights were threatened, arguing that lethal injection was cruel and unusual punishment that violated the Eighth Amendment. They further argued that pancuronium…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Farrakhan v. Gregoire

2:96-cv-00076 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 2, 1996

Closed Date: 2011

On February 2, 1996, a group of African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and Native-Americans having felony convictions filed a pro se action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, claiming that the state of Washington's felon disenfranchisement scheme violated the Voting Rights Act ("VRA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1971 et seq., and the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The state constitution made persons convicted …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Houston v. Cintas Corporation

3:05-cv-03145 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 2005

On August 3, 2005, two employees filed a class action complaint against their employer, Cintas Corporation, under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and under the California Unfair Business Practices Act, Business and Professions Code § 17200 et seq., in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, alleged racial discrimination. They asked the court for declaratory, injunctive, and equitable monetary relief, as well as compensatory a…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Dominguez v. Schwarzenegger

4:09-cv-02306 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 26, 2009

Closed Date: 2014

On May 26, 2009, recipients of In-Home Service Support (IHSS) care filed a lawsuit under the Supremacy Clause against Arnold Schwarzenegger and other government officials in the Northern District Court of California. The Plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for injunctive and declaratory relief, claiming that in enacting Section 12306. 1 (d)(6), the California Legislature failed to consider the required factors of efficiency, economy, quality of care, and access to servic…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Ault v. Walt Disney World Co.

6:07-cv-01785 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 2007

Closed Date: 2013

On November 9, 2007, three named plaintiffs with mobility impairments limiting their ability to walk filed this class action against Walt Disney World. They requested certification of a class of individuals who 1) suffered from a mobility disability, 2) relied upon a Segway PT for assistance with their mobility, and 3) had visited or intended to visit a Disney theme park. They brought suit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, alleging that Disney’s policy agai…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Lewis v. New Mexico Dept. of Health

6:99-cv-00021 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Jan. 7, 1999

Closed Date: Oct. 21, 2005

On January 7, 1999 several individuals eligible to participate in Medicaid because of disabilities and an advocacy organization for disabled individuals filed suit against New Mexico, the New Mexico Department of Health, and the New Mexico Department of Human Services in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. They alleged that the defendants had violated 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Medicaid Act, and the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Pediatric Specialty Care Inc. v. Arkansas Department of Human Services

4:01-cv-00830 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2001

Closed Date: 2008

On December 6, 2001, a number of healthcare providers and members of the state's Medicaid-established Child Health Management Services (CHMS) program filed this suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Proceeding under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Medicaid Act against the director of the Arkansas Department of Human Services (ADHS), the plaintiffs asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that the state's proposal to remove certain CHMS p…