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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Missouri State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Ferguson-Florissant School District

4:14-cv-02077 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Dec. 18, 2014

Case Ongoing

This is a voter dilution case that challenged an at-large election system utilized by the Ferguson Florissant School District in the State of Missouri to elect members to its School Board.  On December 18, 2014, the Missouri State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and certain African American residents and registered voters of the District filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Plaintiffs sued Ferguson-Florissa…
POLICING
Brown v. City of Oneonta

3:93-cv-00349 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: March 16, 1993

Closed Date: Feb. 14, 2003

This case is about the constitutionality of considering race during police stops and questioning. On September 4, 1992, the police department in Oneonta, New York received a report that a young Black man had committed an attempted burglary and assault in the area. For the next five days, state and local law enforcement conducted widespread stops, searches, detentions, and questioning of Black men in Oneonta and at the State University of New York at Oneonta (“SUNY Oneonta”). Several Black male …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
State of South Carolina v. United States of America

1:12-cv-00203 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2012

Closed Date: Oct. 12, 2012

On February 8, 2012, the State of South Carolina (“South Carolina”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for District of Columbia against the United States of America and United States Attorney General Eric H. Holder (collectively “the United States”).  South Carolina sought preclearance under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of a voter photo identification law (referred to as “Act R54”) enacted by South Carolina’s General Assembly, and …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Department of Fair Employment & Housing v. Law School Admissions Council (LSAC)

3:12-cv-01830 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 15, 2012

Closed Date: May 20, 2020

In March 2012, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) filed a complaint in the Alameda County Superior Court (San Francisco, CA) alleging that the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) discriminated against and routinely failed to grant appropriate accommodations for test takers with disabilities on the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT). DFEH claimed that LSAC violated the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the California Unruh Civil Rights Act, which inc…
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
Carcaño v. McCrory

1:16-cv-00236 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: March 28, 2016

Closed Date: May 24, 2021

This is one of several federal lawsuits addressing North Carolina Session Law 2016-3, House Bill 2 (“H.B. 2”), which was passed in March 23, 2016. For the others, see the related cases section below. On February 22, 2016, the Charlotte City Council passed Ordinance 7056, which prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in public accommodations, passenger vehicle for hire, and city contractors. The city ordinance was set to take effect on April 1, 2016. In re…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Cain v. New Orleans

2:15-cv-04479 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Sept. 17, 2015

Case Ongoing

On September 17, 2015, indigent former criminal defendants filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The plaintiffs sued the City of New Orleans, the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court (OPCDC), the court’s judges, judicial administrators, and the city’s sheriff department, all under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by the Civil Rights Corps and private counsel, sought declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief, …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Engers v. AT&T

2:98-cv-03660 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Aug. 5, 1998

Closed Date: June 22, 2011

AT&T changed its pension plan in November 1997, which allegedly resulted in younger employees receiving more benefits than older employees previously had, while the pension benefits for older employees were reduced. On August 5, 1998, the plaintiff filed this class-action lawsuit in the District Court of New Jersey bringing 17 claims for relief alleging violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), ERISA, and state law. The complaint sought declaratory and injunctive relief req…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Carter v. City of Montgomery

2:15-cv-00555 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 2015

Case Ongoing

The plaintiff, individually and on behalf of indigent individuals who have been sentenced by the Montgomery Municipal Court to probation with Judicial Correction Services, Inc. (“JCS”) for failure to pay fines, filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama on August 3, 2015. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiff sued the City of Montgomery (“the City”) under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988. The plaintiff alleged that the City exceeded its autho…
EDUCATION
Berry v. Pastorek

2:10-cv-04049 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Oct. 26, 2010

Case Ongoing

On October 26, 2010, a group of students with disabilities filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against the Louisiana Department of Education and the Orleans Parish School Board. The plaintiffs, represented by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Southern Poverty Law Center, and private counsel alleged that the defendants acted and continued to act in violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) of 2…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Harris Farms, Inc.

1:02-cv-06199 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2002

Closed Date: 2008

On September 30, 2002, the San Francisco District Office and San Jose Office of the EEOC filed suit against the integrated farming business Harris Farms Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California alleging discrimination on the basis of gender, female, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. On September 29, 2003, the farm worker subject to harassment joined the suit as an intervenor plaintiff. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiff, asserted…