Support Article

How To Search Guide
Search for:
clear search

Docket Number

Key Dates

Filing Date

Settlement / Judgment Date

Terminating Date

Plaintiffs

Defendants

Case Details

Outcome

Issues

MORE▾

Document Details

Document Filing Date

MORE▾

Document Citation (Choose One)

Use this for most court reporters

S.Ct. reporter and WL only

LEXIS and L.Ed. only

Search for:

Support Article

How To Search Guide
24 cases, 25 documents
Ordered by
PRISON CONDITIONS
Bradley v. Haley

2:92-cv-00070 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Jan. 15, 1992

Closed Date: Jan. 1, 2005

On January 15, 1992, a group of prisoners incarcerated in the Alabama Department of Corrections brought suit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama under 42 U.S.C. §1983 challenging the adequacy of mental health treatment provided by state prison officials. The plaintiffs, mentally ill prisoners, were represented by private counsel and the Southern Poverty Law Center. The case was assigned to Judge W. Harold Albritton III. The plaintiffs were granted class certification o…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Taifa v. Bayh

3:92-cv-00429 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: May 6, 1992

Closed Date: 2009

On May 6, 1992, inmates at the Maximum Control Complex in Westville, Indiana (MCC) filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the Governor of Indiana, and the State Department of Corrections (DOC), in Marion County Superior Court. The plaintiffs, filing pro se and subsequently represented by ACLU of Indiana, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, complaining that conditions and practices at the prison violated their Eighth and Fourteenth Ame…
POLICING
Handschu v. Special Services Division

1:71-cv-02203 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 18, 1971

On May 18, 1971, residents of New York City filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued an intelligence division within the New York Police Department (NYPD), the Special Services Division (SSD), under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Amendments. The plaintiffs, represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights and private counsel, sought class certifi…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. BODY FIRM AEROBICS d/b/a GOLD'S GYM

2:03-cv-00846 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2003

Closed Date: 2008

The Phoenix District Office of the EEOC brought this action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, against Body Firm Aerobics d/b/a Gold's Gym. The complaint, filed in September 2003, alleged sex and pregnancy discrimination, and retaliation, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that Defendant had sexually harassed the charging parties and then retaliated against one of them for complaining about the harassment, by construc…
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…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Gammett v. Idaho State Board of Corrections

1:05-cv-00257 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: June 30, 2005

Closed Date: 2009

On June 30, 2005, a transgender inmate filed suit against the Idaho State Board of Corrections in the District Court for Idaho for failing to diagnose and provide treatment for her Gender Dysphoria (formerly known as Gender Identity Disorder and discussed as such in this case). Plaintiff, who was represented by National Center for Lesbian Rights and private attorneys, alleged that defendants were deliberately indifferent to her serious mental health condition in violation of the Eighth and Four…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Bullock v. Sheahan

1:04-cv-01051 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 2004

Closed Date: 2012

On February 11, 2004, two named plaintiffs filed this civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. In their complaint (as amended nine days later), the plaintiffs challenged the Cook County Sheriff's policy of strip searching all males following their return to the Cook County Jail from court after there was a judicial determination that there was no longer a basis for their detention. The plaintiffs also alleged th…
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…
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…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Antoninetti v. Chipotle Mexican Grill

3:05-cv-01660 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 2005

On Aug. 22, 2005, a paraplegic individual who uses a wheelchair sued Chipotle, alleging that two of the defendant's restaurants did not provide full and equal access to customers in wheelchairs.In his complaint, the plaintiff alleged that when he had visited two Chipotle restaurants, one in Encinitas and one in San Diego, 44-inch high walls in front of the food preparation area obstructed his view, and thus he was denied full and equal access as non-disabled people have the opportunity to view …