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Karsjens v. Minnesota Department of Human Services

0:11-cv-03659 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2011

Case Ongoing

On December 21, 2011, patients civilly committed to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program filed this lawsuit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The plaintiffs sued the Minnesota Department of Health & Human Services (DHS) and the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Seeking injunctive and monetary relief, the plaintiffs alleged violations of the Fourteenth, First, and Fourth Amendments. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that recent amendmen…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Thiessen v. General Electric Capital Corp.

2:96-cv-02410 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: Sept. 23, 1996

Closed Date: Dec. 18, 2002

On September 23, 1996, an employee of General Electric filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. The plaintiff sued Montgomery Ward Credit Services, a subsidiary of General Electric Capital Corporation. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, sought injunctive relief, alleging violations of the the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. We had difficulty finding all sources of relief sought from available…
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…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Jensen v. Minnesota Department of Human Services

0:09-cv-01775 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: July 10, 2009

Case Ongoing

On July 10, 2009, mental health patients at Minnesota Extended Treatment Options, a state facility, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 and Minnesota state law against the Minnesota Department of Human Services in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sought injunctive and declaratory relief, and damages. They alleged that Minnesota Extended Treatment Options frequently subjected patients with developmental disabilities to the i…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Richards v. FleetBoston Fin. Corp.

3:04-cv-01638 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2004

Closed Date: Oct. 15, 2008

On September 30, 2004, former and current employees of FleetBoston Financial Corporation filed a lawsuit under ERISA against FleetBoston in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. The Plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as attorney fees and costs. Plaintiffs claimed that they were negatively impacted when FleetBoston changed its Pension Plan to one based on a cash balance formula.The Court (Judge …
POLICING
Local 10 ILWU v. City of Oakland

3:03-cv-02962 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 26, 2003

Closed Date: 2007

On the morning of April 7, 2003, protesters gathered at the Port of Oakland for a peaceful demonstration against the Iraq war and against specific companies that profited from the war and did business at the Port. Demonstrators formed a picket line and encouraged workers and truck drivers to refuse to enter the facilities, but did not to obstruct their access. That morning, the officers of Local 10 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) met to decide whether its members shoul…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Rutherford v. Block

2:75-cv-04111 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 9, 1975

On February 9, 1975, prisoners represented by the ACLU Foundation of Southern California filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, challenging the practices and conditions of confinement at the Los Angeles County Central Jail (the "Jail"). On December 31, 1975, the District Court certified the class.Following a 17 day trial on the matter and unannounced jail inspections by the Court, the District Court (Judge William P. Gray) entered an orde…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
The Authors Guild v. HathiTrust, Inc.

1:11-cv-06351 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 12, 2011

Closed Date: 2015

On September 12, 2011, the Authors Guild and several other national and international organizations representing the interest of authors filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the HathiTrust, the President and Regents of the University of Michigan (the lead institution behind the HathiTrust), and the presidents, trustees, and regents of several other universities participating in the HathiTrust.The HathiTrust runs the HathiTrust …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Raines v. State of Florida

4:92-cv-40311 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 1992

Closed Date: Oct. 13, 2004

In 1992, Florida inmates filed a class-action lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act, alleging that they were denied the maximum amount of incentive gain time at Holmes Correctional Institution because they were disabled. Inmates could earn incentive gain time only through security, work and program components, which proved problematic for inmates not able to perform work due to disability. The inmates were represented by the Florida Justice Institute. On March 21, 1997, the U.S. Di…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
United States v. Firestack-Harvey

2:13-cr-00024 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 6, 2013

Closed Date: 2015

On February 6, 2013, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Washington indicted five defendants on six counts: conspiracy to manufacture 100 or more marijuana plants, manufacture of 100 or more marijuana plants, possession with the intent to distribute more than 50 marijuana plants, distribution of marijuana, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug crime, and maintaining a place for the manufacture and distribution of marijuana. The Federal Public Defender was appointed to rep…