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PRISON CONDITIONS
Bartkus v. Manson

2:80-cv-00506 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 1980

On August 22, 1980, Richard Bartkus filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut against the Connecticut Corrections Department. This case was consolidated and named lead case with five other cases filed against the defendant in 1981 and 1982. The plaintiffs in the other cases were Palmer Gaines, Joseph L. Letezeio, Jr., and Ernest Bradshaw. The plaintiffs were represented by the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union and Legal Assistance to Prisoners. Othe…
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Liddell v. Board of Education for the City of St. Louis

4:72-cv-00100 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 18, 1972

Background On February 18, 1972, five African-American parents and their minor children filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. They sued the Board of Education of the City of St. Louis and a number of its officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for injunctive relief, claiming that the defendants operated city schools in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. Specifically, the plai…
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…
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Board of Education

3:65-cv-01974 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Jan. 19, 1965

Closed Date: April 15, 2002

This summary seeks to describe how the Swann litigation influenced the desegregation of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS). For a more thorough analysis of this litigation and policy challenge through the present day, see Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: School Desegregation and Resegregation in Charlotte (Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, et al. eds. 2015). For a complete discussion of the Supreme Court’s decision in Swann, see Bernard Schwartz, Swann's Way: The School Busing Case and the Supreme Court …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Butler v. McDonough

3:04-cv-00917 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Sept. 20, 2004

Closed Date: 2011

On September 20, 2004, current and former prisoners of the Florida State Prison ("FSP") filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against prison officials and Florida's Department of Corrections ("DOC"). The plaintiffs, represented by Florida Institutional Legal Services and Florida Justice Institute, asked the Court for injunctive and declaratory relief and compensatory and punitive damages for violations of the Eighth and Fourteenth A…
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…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Arc of Washington v. Quasim

3:99-cv-05577 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 1999

Closed Date: 2007

On November 9, 1999, developmentally disabled individuals and the Arc of Washington State filed a lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Medicaid Act against various Washington state officials in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Plaintiffs represented by private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that Defendants were not providing Medicaid services with reasonable promptness. On October 5, 2000, t…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Meza v. Livingston

1:05-cv-01008 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 5, 2005

Closed Date: 2015

On December 5, 2005, a convicted murderer on parole in Texas filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole. The plaintiff is represented by both public and private counsel. The plaintiff asked the court for a declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, and damages. The plaintiff asked t…
JAIL CONDITIONS
A.B. v. Washington Department of Social and Health Services

2:14-cv-01178 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 2014

On August 4, 2014, advocates for A.B. and other legally incompetent criminal defendants in county jails in Washington State filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs sued the Washington Department of Social and Health Services under 42 U.S.C. § 1983; the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C §§ 12111 et seq.; and the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201. They sought both injunctive and declaratory relief. The plaintiffs alleged t…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hernandez v. Lynch [later Sessions]

5:16-cv-00620 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 6, 2016

Closed Date: March 28, 2022

On April 6, 2016, two noncitizens—a Mexican citizen and an asylum-seeking Honduran national, both detained pending immigration removal hearings—brought this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Represented by private counsel and the ACLU, the plaintiffs sued the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”), and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”). The plaintiffs sought injunctive and declaratory relief, all…