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CHILD WELFARE
Marisol A. v. Giuliani

1:95-cv-10533 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 13, 1995

Closed Date: Aug. 6, 2018

This federal class action was brought by children in the custody of the New York City Child Welfare Administration ("CWA"), and children who, while not in the custody of CWA, are or will be at risk of abuse or neglect and whose status is known or should be known to CWA. It was filed on December 13, 1995 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs, represented by Children's Rights Inc., Lawyers for Children, and private counsel, sought class certification, …
JAIL CONDITIONS
McClendon v. City of Albuquerque

6:95-cv-00024 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Jan. 10, 1995

On January 10, 1995, detainees at the Bernalillo County Detention Center (BCDC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico filed this class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sued the BCDC under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985, and 1986, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000d), alleging that gross overcrowding and racial discrimination at the jail violated the First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, Thir…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Austin v. Wilkinson

4:01-cv-00071 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Jan. 9, 2001

On January 9, 2001, inmates at the Ohio State Penitentiary (OSP), represented by the ACLU, filed a Section 1983 class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio against officials of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. Plaintiffs alleged violations of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Specifically, plaintiffs complained of inadequate medical and mental health services, improper classification and transfer procedures, and inadequate suicide pr…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Mason v. Granholm

5:05-cv-73943 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Oct. 13, 2005

On October 13, 2005, current and former female prisoners filed a class-action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC). Plaintiffs were originally members of a certified class-action suit pending in Michigan state court, Neal v. MDOC, LC No. 96-006986-CZ. The Neal plaintiffs alleged violations of their state civil rights under the Michigan Elliott-Larsen Civil Rig…
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. NCL AMERICA

1:06-cv-00451 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 2006

Closed Date: June 3, 2010

The Los Angeles district office of the EEOC filed this case in August 2006 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii against NCL America, Inc., a major international cruise line, and three of its affiliated corporate entities. The complaint alleged that NCL had discharged the charging parties because of their Middle Eastern origin and their Muslim religion, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In November 2006, the charging parties intervened in the suit, add…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Stender v. Lucky Stores, Inc.

3:88-cv-01467 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 22, 1988

Closed Date: 2004

On April 22, 1988, employees of Lucky Stores ("Lucky") brought this suit against Lucky and Alpha Beta Co. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs brought this suit on behalf of a class of all female, Black, and Hispanic employees of Lucky, past, present, and future. Plaintiffs alleged that Lucky discriminated against them on the basis of race, sex, and/or national origin in Lucky's employment practices including initial job assignment, training, and pr…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Aguilar v. ICE

1:07-cv-08224 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 20, 2007

On September 20, 2007 several Latino families and individuals, represented by the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund and private counsel, filed a class action suit against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division of the Department of Homeland Security in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, challenging raids conducted as part of a program called "Operation Return to Sender." Plaintiffs alleged that federal agents unlawfully raided the home…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Peterson v. Seagate US LLC

0:07-cv-02502 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: May 25, 2007

On May 25, 2007, employees terminated by the defendant, Seagate, LLC, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 USC §2201. Plaintiffs, represented by private attorneys, asked the court for declaratory relief under the Declaratory Judgment Act relating to the enforceability of a purported release and waiver signed by many of the Plaintiffs upon their termination. P…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Satchell v. Federal Express Corp.

3:03-cv-02659 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 6, 2003

Closed Date: 2012

On June 6, 2003, a group of African American and Latino employees filed this class action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, Cal. Gov. Code § 12900 et seq., against their employer, FedEx, in Alameda County Superior Court. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that FedEx discriminated against its African American and Latino employees. Specifically,…