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JAIL CONDITIONS
Inmates of Suffolk County Jail v. Rufo

1:71-cv-00162 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 1971

Closed Date: Sept. 30, 1999

In 1971, incarcerated individuals of the Suffolk County Jail (also known as the Charles Street Jail) in Boston, Massachusetts filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the Sheriff of Suffolk County, the Commissioner of Correction for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Mayor of Boston, and several City Councilors. After the parties agreed to a partial judgment and the court held a short trial on the merits, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Judge W. Arth…
POLICING
U.S. v. City of Detroit, Michigan

2:03-cv-72258 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 12, 2003

Closed Date: May 31, 2016

On June 12, 2003, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the City of Detroit. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 14141, the DOJ alleged a pattern or practice of unconstitutional misconduct by officers of the Detroit Police Department (DPD), including the excessive use of force, false arrest, improper warrantless searches and failure to protect detainees. Contemporaneously with the filing o…
POLICING
Louima v. City of New York

1:98-cv-05083 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 6, 1998

Closed Date: July 31, 2001

This is a summary of the infamous Abner Louima case. a matter that attracted international attention and sparked demonstrations on New York City Hall in 1997 for its allegations of conscious-shocking police abuse. On August 8, 1998, Louima's private attorneys, who included the late Johnnie Cochran, filed suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C.§ 1983 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against the City of New York, the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association (PBA) and various individual po…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
In re Juvenile Justice Facilities

3:97-cv-00001 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Jan. 2, 1997

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2003

This case was part of the collection of § 1983 inmate cases that had been pending in the Louisiana federal courts, challenging the operation and conditions of confinement in the Louisiana prison system and in parish and city jails through Louisiana. See the cases categories PC-LA, JC-LA and JI-LA of this collection.Judge Frank J. Polozola of the U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana presided over many of the Louisiana prison and jail cases. In an effort to better manage those cases…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Abdallah v. Coca-Cola Co.

1:98-cv-03679 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 1998

Closed Date: 2001

On December 12, 1998, an African-American employee of The Coca-Cola Company filed a lawsuit under both 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et. seq. against The Coca-Cola Company in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, asked the court for both monetary damages and injunctive relief, claiming that the the defendant was systematically discriminating against African-American employ…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Mandoza v. Zirkle Fruit

2:00-cv-03024 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: March 28, 2000

Closed Date: May 17, 2006

On March 28, 2000 several former employees of Zirkle Fruit Company Matson Fruit Company filed a class action lawsuit against their former employers and the Selective Employment Agency, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, alleging that Matson and Zirkle and the engaged in a massive scheme to hire undocumented illegal immigrants for the express purpose of depressing employee wages. Selective was alleged to have acted as a front company in order to shield from…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Jefferson v. Ingersoll Int'l Inc.

3:98-cv-50042 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Feb. 9, 1998

Closed Date: 2001

On February 9, 1998, a group of black former employees of defendants filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Western Division against Ingersoll under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for monetary and injunctive relief, claiming class-wide discrimination in promotions, compensation, and hiring. Specifically, the plaintif…
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…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Canupp v. Liberty Behavioral Health Corporation

2:04-cv-00260 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: May 7, 2004

Closed Date: 2009

On May 7, 2004, individuals in the custody of the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) filed a civil rights suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, challenging the conditions of their confinement at the Florida Civil Commitment Center (FCCC) in Arcadia, Florida. Plaintiffs were all involuntarily civilly confined at the FCCC pursuant to Sexually Violent Predator Act §§ 394.910, et seq. Fla. Stat. (2003). Plaintiffs alleged viola…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Rupert v. PPG Industries, Inc.

2:07-cv-00705 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: May 24, 2007

Closed Date: 2009

On May 24, 2007, 5 former employees of PPG Industries, Inc., filed this federal suit in the Western District of Pennsylvania, seeking individual relief, class action status for similarly situated former employees (40 years of age or older), and collective action remedies (see 29 U.S.C. §216(b)) for alleged violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Plaintiffs sought injunctive and monetary relief in the form of a…