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INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
People First of Tenn. v. Clover Bottom Devel. Center

3:95-cv-01227 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Dec. 22, 1995

Closed Date: 2017

On December 22, 1995, People First of Tennessee filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee against the State of Tennessee on behalf of residents of the Clover Bottom Developmental Center, Greene Valley Developmental Center, and Winston Developmental Center. The plaintiff sued the Clover Bottom Development Center and the Tennessee Department of Health under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Bowman v. Corrections Corporation of America

3:96-cv-01142 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Dec. 16, 1996

Closed Date: 2003

On December 16, 1996, the Patricia Bowman, the mother of a deceased prisoner named Anthony Bowman, filed a lawsuit on behalf of Anthony's two children under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and the Tennessee Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Patricia asked the court for declaratory relief, injunctive relief and damages, arguing that the defendants had violated her son's constitutional right to adequate…
POLICING
U.S. v. City of Los Angeles

2:00-cv-11769 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 3, 2000

Closed Date: 2013

On November 3, 2000, the United States filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California under 42 U.S.C. §14141, alleging that the City of Los Angeles, its Board of Police Commissioners and its Police Department (collectively the "LAPD") deprived individuals of their constitutional rights through the use of excessive force, false arrests and improper searches and seizures. The suit was an offshoot of a lengthy internal investigation of the LAPD's Rampart Divisi…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
NAACP Jefferson County Branch v. U.S. Secretary of Labor

1:82-cv-02315 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 17, 1982

Closed Date: Sept. 25, 1996

In 1982, the NAACP filed a class action on behalf of farmworkers (apple pickers) in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the Department of Labor's interpretation of its temporary foreign worker program regulations as applied to certain West Virginia apple growers. The complaint alleged that the Department misinterpreted the regulations in a way that allowed grower productivity expectations for apple pickers to increase, thereby resulting in less pay for workers. The Di…
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,…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Estate of Rice ex rel. Garber v. City and County of Denver

1:07-cv-01571 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: July 25, 2007

Closed Date: 2008

On July 25, 2007, the parents of a young woman arrested for driving while under the influence of alcohol filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the County and City of Denver against the City and County of Denver, Colorado, Denver Department of Health and Hospitals. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel asked the court for declaratory relief, economic losses. compensatory and consequential damages, and punitive damages claiming under Title 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the defendants failed …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Parra v. Bashas', Inc.

2:02-cv-00591 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: April 4, 2002

Closed Date: 2015

On April 4, 2002, current and former Hispanic employees of Bashas', Inc. filed a class action in the U.S. District Court of Arizona under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and 42 U.S.C. § 1981, against Bashas'. The plaintiffs, represented by an Impact Fund attorney and private counsel, sought declaratory, injunctive and monetary relief as well as class certification. They alleged national origin and race discrimination of their employer in pay and working condit…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Walker v. Monsanto Co. Pension Plan

3:04-cv-00436 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Filed Date: June 23, 2004

Closed Date: 2014

On June 23, 2004, plaintiffs filed this class action complaint against the Monsanto Co. Pension Plan in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. The complaint alleged violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) in regards to age discrimination. The alleged violations stemmed from Monsanto's conversion on January 1, 1997, of its pension plan from a conventional defined benefit plan to a cash balance plan.As the case proceeded other cases were consolida…
POLICING
Ashcroft v. Al-Kidd

1:05-cv-00093 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: March 15, 2005

Closed Date: 2015

The plaintiff in this action brought suit on 03/15/2005 against former Attorney General John Ashcroft and several other federal officials in their individual and official capacities, claiming that he was unlawfully detained and his freedom was otherwise infringed by the federal government. On March 16, 2003, the plaintiff, Al-Kidd, was arrested and detained as a material witness in a terrorism case in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. The underlying case was against another pe…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Zaborowski v. Sheriff of Cook County

1:08-cv-06946 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Dec. 4, 2008

Closed Date: 2018

On December 4, 2008, a class of pregnant women who gave birth while incarcerated in the Cook County Jail in Chicago, Illinois, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Cook County in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs asked the court for compensatory and punitive damages, claiming that their Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights and state law had been violated. Specifically, the plaintiffs claimed that de…