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PRISON CONDITIONS
Garcia v. Tucker

4:07-cv-00474 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Nov. 7, 2007

Closed Date: 2012

On November 7, 2007, a hearing-impaired inmate at Polk Correctional Institution in Polk City, FL, filed this lawsuit, pro se, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. He sued four corrections officials responsible for organizing and providing accommodations for disabled inmates in his lawsuit under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992, alleging that the defendants had disc…
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

Case Ongoing

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…
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

Case Ongoing

On May 21, 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") filed a lawsuit on behalf of United States of America against 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, Brooklyn Division. On July 17, 2007, the Vulcan Society--an organization of Black firefighters, and three individuals, filed an Intervenor's Complaint. Plaintiffs sued to enforce the right of Black and Hispanic candidates to be treated fairly in t…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hawaii v. Trump

1:17-cv-00050 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2017

Closed Date: Oct. 2, 2018

The below summary is a condensed version. The full summary can be found here on the Clearinghouse website. Hawaii Attorney General Douglas S. Chin filed this lawsuit on February 3, 2017 against President Trump’s Jan. 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO-1) barring legal immigrants, visitors, and refugees from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the US and barring Syrian refugees indefinitely. The State filed a concurrent complaint and motion for a temporary restraining order in the U.S. Distr…
PRISON CONDITIONS
McGee v. Pallito

5:04-cv-00335 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: Dec. 9, 2004

Closed Date: July 14, 2017

On December 9, 2004, an inmate in the Vermont Department of Corrections filed this lawsuit pro se in the U.S. District Court District of Vermont. The plaintiff sued the Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Corrections and the Superintendents of Southern State Correctional Facility and Northern State Correctional Facility under 42 U.S.C. §1983. The pro se plaintiff sought declaratory relief stating the defendants’ actions were unlawful and violated the plaintiff’s rights, along with an inju…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Ball v. Kasich

2:16-cv-00282 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: March 31, 2016

Case Ongoing

On March 31, 2016, individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. They sued the state of Ohio, including the state's disability departments, under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and the Social Security Act. The plaintiffs issued a press release on the same day, available here. The case …
POLICING
Hankin v. City of Seattle

2:00-cv-01672 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Oct. 2, 2000

Closed Date: 2007

The facts of this case are provided by a memorandum filed by the plaintiffs following their original complaint because the complaint filed on October 2, 2000 is unavailable. On October 2, 2000, five plaintiffs filed a class action complaint in the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs alleged that the Mayor of Seattle, the Police Chief of Seattle and the City of Seattle violated their first amendment rights to free speech and assembly by instituting mass arrests in response to protests…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Florence v. County of Burlington

1:05-cv-03619 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: July 19, 2005

Closed Date: Oct. 21, 2013

The plaintiff in this case was arrested erroneously on a warrant for failure to pay for a traffic violation; in fact, he had already paid. He was then booked into jail, and strip searched. He brought suit in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of his Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable searches. He maintained that persons arrested for a minor offense could not be required to remove their clothing and…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Hargraves v. Capital City Mortgage Corporation

1:98-cv-01021 | U.S. District Court for the 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…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
O'Donnell v. Harris County

4:16-cv-01414 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 19, 2016

Case Ongoing

On May 19, 2016, a 22-year-old detainee filed this class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Harris County, Texas and the Harris County Sheriff's Department. The plaintiff, represented by Equal Justice Under Law, claimed that the bail system violated the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Constitution. Specifically, the plaintiff claimed that after being arrested on May 18, 2016, for driving with an invalid licens…