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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…
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…
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…
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 …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Ambat v. City and County of San Francisco

3:07-cv-03622 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 13, 2007

Closed Date: Jan. 26, 2016

These consolidated cases involved challenges to a gender-based staffing policy of the San Francisco Sheriff's Department. The Sheriff reorganized inmate housing in mid-2006 in San Francisco so that all female inmates were placed in County Jail #8 in female-only housing units. From October 2006 forward, the Sheriff implemented a policy that only female deputies be assigned to staff these particular units. The first of the consolidated cases, Ambat v. City and County of San Francisco, was filed i…
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…
CHILD WELFARE
Charlie and Nadine H. v. Corzine

2:99-cv-03678 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 1999

Closed Date: April 25, 2023

On August 4, 1999, a group of children in the legal and/or physical custody of the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) filed this lawsuit against the State of New Jersey and DYFS in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Represented in part by Children's Rights, Inc., the plaintiffs alleged that DYFS failed to protect them from abuse, failed to provide them with services such as medical care, and failed to provide DYFS caseworkers with adequate resources and…

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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)
Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services (IPAS) Commission v. Commissioner, Indiana Department of Correction

1:08-cv-01317 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2008

On Oct. 1, 2008, the Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services Commission (IPAS) filed this lawsuit on behalf of a group of prisoners with serious mental illness in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. IPAS, represented by the ACLU, proceeded under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC), asking the court for injunctive and declaratory relief. IPAS alleged that IDOC failed to adequately treat the prisoners in non-segregated and therapeutic …
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…