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PRISON CONDITIONS
Armstrong v. Newsom

4:94-cv-02307 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 29, 1994

On June 29, 1994, eleven California state prisoners and parolees with disabilities filed this lawsuit against the California Department of Corrections—now the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”)—in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California. Represented by the Prison Law Office, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, and private counsel, the plaintiffs alleged that the CDCR had discriminated against them and all others similarly situat…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. UNITED STATES BAKERY INC

3:03-cv-00064 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Jan. 16, 2003

Closed Date: 2009

In January 2003, the Seattle Field Office of the EEOC brought this lawsuit against United States Bakery, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. We do not have a copy of the complaint; therefore, the exact allegations are unknown. However, it appears from the consent decree that the complaint alleged that the defendant subjected the complaining parties, female employees, to a sexually and radcially hostile work environment. The complainants intervened in July 2003. Follo…
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
Ayuda, Inc. v. Reno

1:88-cv-00625 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 8, 1988

Closed Date: Sept. 6, 1996

Plaintiffs, who were nonimmigrant aliens and organizations whose primary function was to provide immigration counseling, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the legalization or "amnesty" provisions of Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ("IRCA"). Specifically, plaintiffs complain that government did not take any other evidence into account, such as Social Security Administration records, Internal Revenue Service records to satisfy "unlawfu…
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…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Argueta v. Myers

3:08-cv-01652 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: April 3, 2008

Closed Date: Sept. 21, 2012

On April 3, 2008, twelve individual plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Represented by private counsel and attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights, the plaintiffs sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") and officers of the Penns Grove, N.J., Police Department, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the New Jersey Constitution. On May 22, 2008, the plaintiffs amended their complaint. The plaintiffs sought compensatory and punitiv…
EDUCATION
Corey H. v. Board of Education [of Chicago]

1:92-cv-03409 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 22, 1992

Closed Date: 2013

On May 22, 1992, four children with special-education needs and their parents filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiffs sued the Chicago Board of Education (CBE) and Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private counsel and counsel from Equip for Equality, Design…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Butler v. McDonough

3:04-cv-00917 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Sept. 20, 2004

Closed Date: 2011

On September 20, 2004, current and former prisoners of the Florida State Prison ("FSP") filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against prison officials and Florida's Department of Corrections ("DOC"). The plaintiffs, represented by Florida Institutional Legal Services and Florida Justice Institute, asked the Court for injunctive and declaratory relief and compensatory and punitive damages for violations of the Eighth and Fourteenth A…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Puffer v. Allstate Insurance Company

1:04-cv-05764 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Sept. 2, 2004

Closed Date: Jan. 7, 2011

In January 2001, a female manager filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that Allstate Insurance Company intentionally created and maintained an unequal workforce that injured its female employees. Plaintiff further alleged she was sexually harassed by a supervisor and then passed over for promotion as retaliation for rejecting her supervisor's advances. Plaintiff alleged that Allstate failed to conduct an adequate investigation into those matters. On Septem…
POLICING
Trujillo v. City of Ontario

5:04-cv-01015 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 13, 2004

Closed Date: 2009

On August 13, 2004, employees of the Ontario Police Department filed suit against the City of Ontario, CA and the Ontario Police Department pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the 4th Amendment, California Constitution Article 1 § 1, and the common law tort of invasion of privacy. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and both private counsel and the ACLU of Southern California represented the plaintiffs. Plaintiffs alleged that the Police Department's …