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PRISON CONDITIONS
Perez v. Tilton

3:05-cv-05241 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2005

Closed Date: 2013

On December 19, 2005, a California state prisoner filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff sought injunctive relief on behalf of himself and other prisoners for alleged unconstitutional conditions with respect to dental care provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ("CDCR"). The plaintiffs were represented by attorneys of the Prison Law Office in California. This case stem…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Dixon v. Weinberger

1:74-cv-00285 | U.S. District Court for the District of 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…
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. 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
United States v. City of Torrance

2:93-cv-04142 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 14, 1993

Closed Date: Sept. 20, 2000

On July 14th, 1993, the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") filed an employment discrimination lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against the City of Torrance. We don't have the complaint, but the lawsuit seems to have alleged discrimination under three different theories: disparate treatment (apparently relating to background checks); disparate impact (claiming that Torrance used employment tests that had the effect of discriminating against blac…
POLICING
Dunn v. City of Chicago

1:04-cv-06804 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 21, 2004

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2014

On October 21, 2004, a group of former Chicago Police Department (“CPD”) detainees filed this class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against the CPD. Represented by the Chicago civil rights law firm Loevy & Loevy, the plaintiffs alleged that the CPD were engaged in an unconstitutional pattern and practice of detaining persons under its control for excessive periods of time and under poor conditions. Specifically, the plaintif…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Apsley v. Boeing Co.

6:05-cv-01368 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2005

Closed Date: 2015

On December 19, 2005, former employees of the Boeing Company filed this class action in the United States District Court of Kansas against Boeing, Spirit Aerosystems Inc., the Onex Corporation, and Midwestern Aircraft. The employees alleged violations of various laws during the layoff and rehire process that took place in connection with Boeing's sale of its commercial airplane manufacturing facilities to Onex. In 2005, Boeing sold its Wichita and Oklahoma facilities to Onex, which created Spir…
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…
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

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…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Neal v. Director, DC Department of Corrections

1:93-cv-02420 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 24, 1993

Closed Date: 1995

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a class action lawsuit related to alleged gender-based job discrimination and sexual harassment in the DC Department of Corrections. It was filed on November 24, 1993, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.