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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…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Lyon v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

3:13-cv-05878 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2013

On December 19, 2013, four immigration detainees of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California under 28 U.S.C. § 2201 against ICE and the Department of Homeland Security. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU and private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that ICE violated the plaintiffs’ rights under the First and Fifth Amendments and the Immigration an…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Frew v. Traylor

3:93-cv-00065 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Sept. 1, 1993

Case Ongoing

On September 1, 1993, two indigent mothers brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on behalf of their children, and on behalf of all persons under the age of 21 in the state of Texas who were eligible for the Early, Periodic, Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment Program ("EPSDT" or "the Program"). The Program is a Medicaid program which provides regular physical and mental health screenings to indigent children. The plaintiffs, represented by the Center for …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Hacker v. Cain

3:14-cv-00063 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2014

Closed Date: 2018

On January 30, 2014, an inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. The plaintiff initially filed the suit pro se, but subsequently obtained private counsel and submitted his first amended complaint on September 15, 2014. The plaintiff sued the state of Louisiana, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (LDPSC), and the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola for serious transgressions …
JAIL CONDITIONS
United States v. Erie County

1:09-cv-00849 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2009

Case Ongoing

On September 30, 2009, following a two year investigation, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the Western District of New York under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act of 1980 (CRIPA) against Erie County. The DOJ asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that confinement conditions at Erie County Holding Center (ECHC) and the Erie County Correction Facility (ECCF) violated the federal constitutional…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Mhany Management Inc. v. County Of Nassau

2:05-cv-02301 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: May 12, 2005

Case Ongoing

On May 12, 2005, individual New York residents and the New York ACORN local chapter filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued Nassau County and the Village of Garden City under 42 U.S.C. §1983, the Fair Housing Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, citing violations of these acts as well as the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The plaintiffs asked the court to enjoin the defendants from procee…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Dare v. Knox County

2:02-cv-00251 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2002

On December 17, 2002, a pre-trial detainee filed a class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, challenging the Knox County Sheriff's policies, practices, and customs concerning the use of strip searches and visual body cavity searches in Knox County Jail. Plaintiff alleged that officers subjected detainees in their custody to strip and visual body cavity searches regardless of the crime charged and without having reasona…
JAIL CONDITIONS
O'Bryan v. Saginaw County

1:75-cv-10075 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Jan. 1, 1975

Case Ongoing

In 1975, the plaintiffs filed this class action suit against the Saginaw County Jail on behalf of themselves and all inmates, seeking permanent injunctive and declaratory relief. The plaintiffs challenged a variety of jail conditions, including disciplinary practices, visitation policies, availability of exercise, access to legal material, censorship of communication, and separation of adults from juveniles.After a trial on the merits in 1977, the District Court for the Eastern District of Mic…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Dixon v. Weinberger

1:74-cv-00285 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 8, 1986

Closed Date: March 30, 2014

In 1974, patients confined at the Federal Mental Institution (FMI) in the District of Columbia filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs filed under the Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill Act (HMIA), 21 D.C. Code §501, against the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs, represented by the Center for Law and Social Policy and the Mental Health Law Project, asked the court for a declaration of the following: 1) that they had a right to…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Phipps v. Sheriff of Cook County

1:07-cv-03889 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 11, 2007

Case Ongoing

On July 11, 2007, paraplegic residents of Illinois who use wheelchairs for mobility, filed a civil action arising under Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §12132, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. §794(a) and 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Sheriff of Cook County and Cook County, Illinois in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Judge Elaine Bucklo). The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for a tria…