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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Hopson v. Baltimore / Carter v. Baltimore City Police Dept.

1:04-cv-03842 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2004

Closed Date: March 19, 2015

On December 6, 2004, a group of African-American police officers brought a lawsuit against their employer, the Baltimore Police Department (BPD), as well as various other municipal entities, including the City of Baltimore and the Baltimore City Council, in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The plaintiffs alleged that they had been discriminated against in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e and giving rise to a cause of action …
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

Case Ongoing

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…
POLICING
United States v. Puerto Rico

3:12-cv-02039 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2012

Case Ongoing

On December 21, 2012, after a thorough investigation, the United States, represented by the Department of Justice (DOJ), filed suit against the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its police department pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. § 14141). The Government alleged that the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRDP) violated the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments by engaging in unlawful patterns and practices. Filed along with the complaint was a jo…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Arizona Dream Act Coalition v. Brewer

2:12-cv-02546 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Nov. 29, 2012

Closed Date: Dec. 10, 2018

Plaintiffs--young undocumented immigrants residing in Arizona--filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Declaratory Judgment Act against the State of Arizona and the Arizona Motor Vehicle Division in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona on Nov. 29, 2012. Represented by the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, plaintiffs claimed that the state was invalidly denying them drivers' licenses, despite their eligibility under the f…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
David v. Signal International, LLC

2:08-cv-01220 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: March 7, 2008

Case Ongoing

This is the first case filed in the Signal International cases.On Mar. 7, 2008, twelve Indian guestworkers recruited for work in the United States in exchange for green cards filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, plaintiffs were recruited to provide labor and services to defendant Signal International, a company based in Mississippi with operations in the Gulf Coast region, which was in the busine…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Heard v. Finco

1:13-cv-00373 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 26, 2013

Case Ongoing

On March 26, 2013, several Muslim prisoners of the Lakeland Correctional Facility (LCF) filed this lawsuit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. The plaintiffs sued the Deputy Director of the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC), the dietician and food service manager of the prison, and the Special Activity Coordinator of MDOC, all under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). The plaintiffs sought declarator…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Henderson v. Thomas

2:11-cv-00224 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: March 28, 2011

Closed Date: 2016

On March 28, 2011, a class of HIV-positive men and women imprisoned by the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, under the American with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU of Alabama, the national ACLU, the ACLU AIDS Project, and the ACLU National Prison Project, sought declaratory and injunctive relief and class certification.The plaintiffs all…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Prison Legal News v. Livingston County Sheriff Bob Bezotte

2:11-cv-13460 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 2011

Case Ongoing

On August 9, 2011, Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), doing business as Prison Legal News (PLN), a publisher that produces a monthly journal concerning criminal justice issues, filed suit in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan against the Livingston County Sheriff and Livingston County under 42 U.S.C. §1983. PLN, represented by private counsel and the Human Rights Defense Center, claimed that defendants had implemented a mail policy at the Livingston County Jail that re…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Smith v. City of Boston

1:12-cv-10291 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 14, 2012

Case Ongoing

On February 14, 2012, a group of minority Boston City police officers filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the City of Boston. The plaintiffs filed suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, alleging that police promotional exams used in 2008 to promote sergeants to lieutenants had a disparate impact on black and latino officers. The plaintiffs contended that the multiple-choice examinations used were unfairly biased against minority…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. FIRST WIRELESS GROUP, INC.

2:03-cv-04990 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2003

Closed Date: 2012

On September 30, 2003, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against defendant First Wireless Groups, Inc. The case was assigned to Judge Joanna Seybert. The EEOC alleged discrimination on the basis of race and national origin in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 and retaliation for participating in protected activities. Specifically, the …