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JUVENILE INSTITUTION
A.J. v. Myers

4:89-cv-01077 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Nov. 15, 1989

On November 15, 1989, a juvenile detainee at the Jackson County, Missouri, Juvenile Justice Center filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1988 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri against various administrators and an officer of the juvenile detention center. The class consisted of the named juvenile detainee and others similarly-situated. The plaintiff, who was represented by private counsel and the National Center for Youth Law, sought injunctive rel…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Jensen v. Gunter

4:87-cv-00607 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: Dec. 1, 1987

Closed Date: 2007

On 12/01/1987, inmates at the Nebraska State Penitentiary filed a Section 1983 class action suit, pro se, in the District of Nebraska against officials of the Nebraska Department of Corrections. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants' practice of double celling constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment and that the penitentiary's policy relating to inmate liability for contraband violated the Fourteenth Amendment due process clause. Prior to an evidentiary hearin…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Amador v. Department of Correctional Services

1:03-cv-00650 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2003

Closed Date: 2015

On January 28, 2003, seventeen current and former female inmates at the New York State Department of Correctional Services filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against two classes of defendants pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiffs alleged that the prison correctional staff engaged in repeated acts of sexual abuse and harassment against female inmates in New York state prisons. These alleged acts ranged in severity from verbal harassm…
PRISON CONDITIONS
White v. Morris

1:88-cv-00470 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 26, 1988

Closed Date: 1998

On May 26, 1988, inmates at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio filed a class-action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Ohio Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The plaintiffs alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by the prison's policy of double celling inmates on a racially segregated basis. On June 11, 1992, the parties came to an agreement in the case, and they requested the court to e…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Foster Wheeler Constructors and Pipefitters Association Local Union 597

1:98-cv-01601 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 17, 1998

Closed Date: Sept. 20, 2004

This case is about workplace racial and sexual harassment. In March 1998, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought this suit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. They sued Foster Wheeler Constructors, Inc. (FWCI) and Local Union 597 Pipefitters Association (the Union) under 28 U.S.C. § 1331. The EEOC alleged that construction workers were subjected to racial and sexual harassment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The harassment include…
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…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
United States of America and the Vulcan Society v. City of New York

1:07-cv-02067 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: May 21, 2007

On May 21, 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") sued the City of New York under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, seeking to enforce the right of Black and Hispanic candidates to be treated fairly in the application process for positions in the New York City Fire Department ("FDNY"). Specifically, the DOJ challenged the City's reliance on two written examinations that were used to appoint entry-level firefighters t…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Bishop v. Gainer (Koski v. Gainer)

1:92-cv-03293 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 19, 1992

Closed Date: May 20, 2002

On May 19, 1992, white male police officers filed a lawsuit against the Illinois State Police (ISP) and Illinois in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants had violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, and the Equal Protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, contending that racial quotas and different qualifications for the same jobs constituted reverse discrimination. The plaintiffs sou…
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…
CHILD WELFARE
Brian A. v. Haslam

3:00-cv-00445 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: May 10, 2000

Closed Date: Feb. 25, 2019

On May 10, 2000, children in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (including a subclass of African American foster care children) filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, against the state of Tennessee. The plaintiffs, represented by Children’s Rights and private counsel, sought to enjoin the state from subjecting class members to practices that violated their rights.The plaintiffs alleged that the state violated …