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PRISON CONDITIONS
Langford v. Racicot AND In Re: Conditions at Montana State Prison v. Montana

6:92-cv-00013 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 1992

This entry describes the consolidated federal class action lawsuits arising out of complaints about the treatment of prisoners in Montana State Penitentiary. The Initial Class Action SuitOn January 28, 1992, inmates at the Montana State Penitentiary filed a pro se lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Montana Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana. The plaintiffs alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by poor medical care, denta…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Huffman v. New Prime, Inc.

6:01-cv-03144 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: March 29, 2001

Closed Date: July 6, 2004

A private plaintiff brought this case against New Prime, Inc., a trucking company, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri in March 2001. The case was consolidated with a suit brought by the EEOC in August 2001. Two other complainants intervened in this case. The defendant filed several motions to dismiss, which were denied. The defendant also filed several partial motions for judgment on the pleadings, one of which was granted. The defendant also filed several motions f…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Les Schwab Tire Centers

2:06-cv-00761 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: May 31, 2006

Closed Date: 2010

On May 31, 2006, two women brought suit against their former employer, Les Schwab Tire Centers of Washington, and other related corporations, alleging discrimination on the basis of their sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Washington Law Against Discrimination. The plaintiff's’ complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Western Washington (Judge Ricardo Martinez), alleged that the plaintiffs and a class of similarly situated individuals em…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Rio Bravo International, Inc.

8:99-cv-01371 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: June 11, 1999

Closed Date: Nov. 14, 2005

In June 1999, the Tampa Area Office and Miami District Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit against Rio Bravo International, Inc., Innovative Restaurant Concepts, Inc., and Applebee's International (doing business as Rio Bravo Cantina) in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida alleging discrimination on the basis of sex, female, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the defendants maintained a hostile work envir…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Augustin v. Jablonsky

0:99-cv-03126 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: June 3, 1999

Closed Date: 2017

On June 3, 1999, a plaintiff represented by New York attorney Robert L. Herbst filed a civil rights lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The plaintiff challenged the blanket strip search policy of the Nassau County Correctional Center. Under the policy, all misdemeanor and minor offense arrestees were allegedly strip-searched without any suspicion that they were concealing weapons or other contraband. The plaintiff claimed that the poli…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Jordan v. Pugh

1:02-cv-01239 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: June 28, 2002

Closed Date: 2007

In this prison conditions case brought in 2002 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, a federal prisoner in the U.S. Bureau of Prison's (BOP) Florence, Colorado Administrative Maximum (ADX) Detention Unit, claimed violation of First Amendment rights in his pro se federal tort claim against BOP officials. The defendants administered 28 C.F.R. 540.20, a BOP prison regulation restricting inmates from publishing articles under their bylines. The plaintiff, represented by the Univ…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Luke v. Cleveland

1:02-cv-01225 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: June 26, 2002

Closed Date: 2006

On March 31, 2003, an African American male, filed a class action lawsuit alleging racial discrimination under 42 U.S.C. §§1981, 1988 and violations of Equal Protection under 42 U.S.C. §§1983, 1988 against the City of Cleveland in the United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Eastern district. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, asked the Court for an injunction preventing the promotion of any firefighters from the June 28, 2002 examination process, the promotion of bl…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
PUENTE v. STATE OF ARIZONA

2:97-cv-01734 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Aug. 15, 1997

Closed Date: June 12, 2007

On August 15, 1997 plaintiffs filed suit against their employer, the Arizona Department of Transportation, alleging that it had racially discriminated against Hispanics in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and Title VII (42 U.S.C. § 2000e) in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Specifically they alleged that the defendant had engaged in discrimination by using unfair hiring and promotion practices, engaging in inadequate training, and creating a hostile…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Rosie D. v. Romney

3:01-cv-30199 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Oct. 31, 2001

On October 31, 2001, the Center for Public Representation, the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee, and a private law firm filed a class action under 42 U.S.C. § 1396, against the Governor of Massachusetts and other state officials, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Rosie D. and eight other Medicaid-eligible children, aged 6 to 15, who were hospitalized or at risk of hospitalization due to a lack of home-based services. The class…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Moeller v. Taco Bell

4:02-cv-05849 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2002

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2014

On December 17, 2002 plaintiffs, California residents with disabilities that required them to rely on wheelchairs or scooters for mobility, filed a class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton) against Taco Bell Corporation. Plaintiffs, represented by the Impact Fund and private counsel, claimed the Defendant denied them, on the basis of disability, full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, ad…