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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. AMERICAN EAGLE, SIMMONS AIRLINES, AMERICAN AIRLINE

3:98-cv-00763 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 24, 1998

Closed Date: May 30, 2001

In March 1998, the Dallas District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against AMR Eagle, Inc., American Airlines, Inc., and related businesses in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The EEOC alleged that the defendants violated the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") by refusing to hire flight attendant applicants who were disabled but could still perform the essential job functions required for the position. After numerous discovery disputes, the charging party i…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Gammett v. Idaho State Board of Corrections

1:05-cv-00257 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: June 30, 2005

Closed Date: 2009

On June 30, 2005, a transgender inmate filed suit against the Idaho State Board of Corrections in the District Court for Idaho for failing to diagnose and provide treatment for her Gender Dysphoria (formerly known as Gender Identity Disorder and discussed as such in this case). Plaintiff, who was represented by National Center for Lesbian Rights and private attorneys, alleged that defendants were deliberately indifferent to her serious mental health condition in violation of the Eighth and Four…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Rosalino Perez-Benites v. Candy Brand LLC

1:07-cv-01048 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas

Filed Date: June 7, 2007

Closed Date: 2013

On June 7, 2007, attorneys with the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a class action lawsuit in the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas on behalf of about 2,700 Mexican migrant workers who entered the United States with H-2A visas and harvested and packed tomatoes and performed other agricultural work in Bradley County, Ark., from 2002 to 2007. Plaintiffs alleged that the employers violated the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. by failing to pay …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Fish v. St. Cloud State University

6:96-cv-00155 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: June 4, 1996

Closed Date: July 9, 2002

On June 4, 1996, female employees of St. Cloud State University ("SCSU")filed a lawsuit against the university in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. They alleged violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked for $50,000 in damages, seeking back-pay and injunctive relief, because of alleged gender discrimination with respect to compensation, promotion and tenure, and terms and condi…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Tice v. American Airlines Inc.

1:95-cv-06890 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Nov. 27, 1995

Closed Date: 2004

On November 27, 1995, a group of 14 pilots filed suit under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 631(a) against American Airlines in the United States District Court of the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the Court for injunctive and declaratory relief, as well as back pay, alleging that the defendant discriminated against them on the basis of age. Specifically, the plaintiffs contended that the Federal Aviation Administra…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
McClain v. Lufkin Industries

9:97-cv-00063 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 1997

Closed Date: 2014

On February 26, 1997, African American employees of Lufkin Industries filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act against their employer. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sought declaratory and equitable relief, attorneys' fees and costs, an injunction, and any other appropriate equitable relief. The plaintiffs claimed that they were discriminated against…
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…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Walker v. Monsanto Co. Pension Plan

3:04-cv-00436 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Filed Date: June 23, 2004

Closed Date: 2014

On June 23, 2004, plaintiffs filed this class action complaint against the Monsanto Co. Pension Plan in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. The complaint alleged violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) in regards to age discrimination. The alleged violations stemmed from Monsanto's conversion on January 1, 1997, of its pension plan from a conventional defined benefit plan to a cash balance plan.As the case proceeded other cases were consolida…
NATIONAL SECURITY
Jewel v. National Security Agency

4:08-cv-04373 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 18, 2008

On September 18, 2008, AT&T customers filed this putative class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the United States. The plaintiffs, represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and private counsel, claimed that the federal government's electronic surveillance program violated the Fourth Amendment, First Amendment, separation of powers, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the Wiretap Act, the Electronic Communications Privacy Ac…
JAIL CONDITIONS
United States v. Erie County

1:09-cv-00849 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2009

On September 30, 2009, following a two year investigation, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the Western District of New York under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act of 1980 (CRIPA) against Erie County. The DOJ asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that confinement conditions at Erie County Holding Center (ECHC) and the Erie County Correction Facility (ECCF) violated the federal constitutional…