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JAIL CONDITIONS
McClendon v. City of Albuquerque

6:95-cv-00024 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Jan. 10, 1995

On January 10, 1995, detainees at the Bernalillo County Detention Center (BCDC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico filed this class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sued the BCDC under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985, and 1986, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000d), alleging that gross overcrowding and racial discrimination at the jail violated the First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, Thir…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Harvey v. Schoen

3:72-cv-00073 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: March 8, 1972

Closed Date: 1999

In 1972, a class of incarcerated and former inmates at the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Stillwater filed a lawsuit against the Minnesota Department of Corrections. The complaint alleged that disciplinary rules and regulations at the prison violated their rights under the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments and federal and state statutes. The plaintiffs were represented by private counsel. The parties entered into an agreement regarding disciplinary policies. Judge Phillip …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Republic SVCS of Southern Nevada

2:04-cv-01352 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2004

Closed Date: 2013

On September 30, 2004, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought this lawsuit against Republic Services, Inc. and Republic Silver State Disposal, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. The complaint alleged that the defendants discharged and/or did not allow employees over the age of 40 to transfer locations because of their age in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). The EEOC sought injunctive and monetary relief. The case was assi…
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…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Zavala v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

2:03-cv-05309 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Nov. 10, 2003

Closed Date: 2011

On November 10, 2003, a group of 17 undocumented immigrant workers, who provided janitorial services at Wal-Mart stores nationwide, filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against Wal-Mart Stores Inc., alleging violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq.; the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), 29 U.S.C. §§201 et seq.; and conspiracy to violate civil rights under 42 U.S.C. §1985(3). Plaint…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Rose v. Saginaw County

2:01-cv-10337 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Oct. 9, 2001

On October 9, 2001, a group of pre-trial detainees represented by private counsel filed a class action civil rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, challenging the naked confinement policy of the Saginaw County Jail. Plaintiffs alleged that, under the policy, the County Sheriff and deputies placed detainees they found to be uncooperative or disruptive in administrative segregation cells, after being stripped naked. Plainti…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Aguilar v. ICE

1:07-cv-08224 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 20, 2007

On September 20, 2007 several Latino families and individuals, represented by the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund and private counsel, filed a class action suit against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division of the Department of Homeland Security in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, challenging raids conducted as part of a program called "Operation Return to Sender." Plaintiffs alleged that federal agents unlawfully raided the home…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Holloway v. Best Buy Co.

4:05-cv-05056 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 8, 2005

Closed Date: 2016

On December 8, 2005, six employees filed a class action complaint against their employer, Best Buy Co., Inc. under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and California Government Code § 12940 et seq. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, alleged gender and racial discrimination, and they sought injunctive and declaratory relief, punitive damages, back pay, and…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Foster-Bey v. Sampson

2:05-cv-71318 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 5, 2005

Closed Date: 2008

On April 5, 2005, Michigan inmates, represented by attorneys and students with the University of Michigan Clinical Law Program, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, alleging that changes to the Michigan parole law and policies made in 1992 ("life means life") precluded any meaningful review of their life sentences, thereby effectively converting them into mandatory life sentences in violation of the Ex Post Facto and the Due Process Clauses of t…
PRISON CONDITIONS
El-Tabech v. Houston

4:04-cv-03231 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: June 28, 2004

Closed Date: 2012

On June 28, 2004, a prisoner at the Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP) and transferred to the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI) filed this lawsuit after being severely injured by prison guards. Filing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, the plaintiff sued the wardens of both maximum security prisons, the director of all Nebraska prisons, and multiple agents of the state prison system, including several medical personnel, under 42 U.S.C. §1983 and the Religious L…