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PRISON CONDITIONS
Women Prisoners of DC Department of Corrections v. District of Columbia

1:93-cv-02052 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 1993

Closed Date: 2004

On October 1, 1993, a group of female prisoners of the District of Columbia filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the District of Columbia Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by sexual abuse from prison staff, who they claimed had used physical force and threats of physical forc…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Preferred Management Corporation

1:98-cv-01697 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Dec. 10, 1998

Closed Date: Aug. 18, 2003

The EEOC filed this suit in December 1998 against Preferred Home Healt Care and related corporate entities, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. The suit alleged a pattern or practice of religious discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The owners of Preferred regard their company as a religious institution, believing that "Preferred is God's home health care agency." A number of employees alleged that Preferred made employment decisions on …
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Morales v. Hickman

3:06-cv-00219 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 11, 2006

On January 11, 2006, several inmates at the state prison at San Quentin filed lawsuits under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the California Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs, all of whom were scheduled to be executed by lethal injection, alleged that their constitutional rights were threatened, arguing that lethal injection was cruel and unusual punishment that violated the Eighth Amendment. They further argued that pancuronium…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Hargraves v. Capital City Mortgage Corporation

1:98-cv-01021 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 24, 1998

Closed Date: Feb. 24, 2013

The plaintiffs, a church, its pastor and several of its members and trustees, and a housing non-profit filed suit against a mortgage lender on April 24, 1998, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleging violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), the Fair Housing Act (FHA), 42 U.S.C. 3601-3619, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), 18 U.S.C. 1981, 1982, unfair and deceptive lender practices, fraud, and breach of contract based on allegat…
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
Nouri v. Boeing Co.

2:99-cv-01227 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 29, 1999

Closed Date: 2004

On July 29, 1999, several employees filed a lawsuit against their employer, The Boeing Company, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, alleged employment discrimination and asked the court for injunctive relief, back pay, compensatory and punitive damages, and attorney fees. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged ra…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Daniels v. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

1:98-cv-01186 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Feb. 25, 1998

Closed Date: March 8, 2007

On February 25, 1998 eight African Americans filed a lawsuit alleging discrimination on the basis of race pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1981 against their current or former employer, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, in United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. On June 18, 1998, the complaint was amended to add plaintiffs and a Title VII race discrimination claim. Their specific complaint was that the defendant discriminated against African Americans when making promotion…
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Liddell v. Board of Education for the City of St. Louis

4:72-cv-00100 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 18, 1972

Background On February 18, 1972, five African-American parents and their minor children filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. They sued the Board of Education of the City of St. Louis and a number of its officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for injunctive relief, claiming that the defendants operated city schools in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. Specifically, the plai…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Brown v. Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration

3:00-cv-00665 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: July 13, 2000

Closed Date: Feb. 5, 2010

On July 13, 2000 a group of developmentally disabled individuals and two advocacy organizations filed suit against the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities in the Federal District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. On September 11, 2000 the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration was substituted as the defendant. The plaintiffs claimed that the defendants were violating the Medicaid Act by denying them the opportunity to apply for community …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Gonzalez v. Pritzker

1:10-cv-03105 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 13, 2010

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2016

On April 13, 2010, rejected U.S. Census Bureau job applicants filed an employment discrimination class action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs, represented by a coalition of public interest attorney organizations and private counsel, alleged that Census hiring procedures, which pre-screened all applicants with arrest records, violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The Census screened out applicants whose names turn up in an FBI database, indi…