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JAIL CONDITIONS
Handlin v. Garvey

1:91-cv-06777 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 8, 1991

Closed Date: 1998

On October 8, 1991, prisoners at the Orange County Jail in New York filed a pro se lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against representatives of the county in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs asked the court for injunctive relief and $1 million dollars each, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by the jail's insufficiencies in the areas of medical care, dental care, law library, dining facilities, and recreational programs, as wel…
PRISON CONDITIONS
U.S. v. District of Columbia

1:88-cv-02897 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 1988

On October 4, 1988, the District of Columbia announced that, due to overcrowding of its penal facilities, it would no longer accept newly sentenced prisoners into the District of Columbia Department of Corrections. On October 5, 1988, the United States filed a lawsuit under D.C.Code § 24-425 against the District of Columbia in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The US asked the district court for a temporary restraining order and for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleg…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Harrison v. Barkley

9:95-cv-00964 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: July 17, 1995

Closed Date: 2001

On July 17, 1995, an inmate at the Riverview Correctional Facility in Ogdensburg, New York, filed a pro se lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against representatives of the prison in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. The plaintiff asked the court for $80,000 in damages, alleging that his constitutional rights had been violated when the defendants failed to treat him for a tooth cavity. On April 14, 1997, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York (J…
POLICING
People of the State of New York v. Wallkill

7:01-cv-00364 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 18, 2001

Closed Date: Feb. 28, 2006

This case involved misconduct by the Wallkill Police Department (WPD). On January 18, 2001, the Attorney General filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Town of Wallkill (Town), seeking injunctive relief to reform and monitor the WPD. The case was assigned to District Judge Colleen McMahon. The lawsuit was the offshoot of the Attorney General's investigation of the WPD. The investigation revealed a pattern of pervasive misconduct, including…
POLICING
Wilkins v. Maryland State Police

1:93-cv-00468 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 1993

Closed Date: 2008

On February 12, 1993, Robert L. Wilkins, an African-American attorney, and three of his relatives filed a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against the State of Maryland and the Maryland State Police [MSP] under 42 U.S.C. §1983. The plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, alleged that defendants violated their constitutional rights by stopping, detaining and searching them pursuant to a racial profile used by defendants as part …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. RACETRAC PETROLEUM, INC.

1:06-cv-00761 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: March 31, 2006

Closed Date: Feb. 21, 2009

The EEOC's Atlanta District Office brought this Title VII suit against RaceTrac Petroleum, Inc., a Georgia company operating numerous gasoline stations, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division on March 31, 2006. The EEOC's complaint alleged that RaceTrac discriminated against the intervenor employee for her religious beliefs by not accommodating her religious practices, retaliating against her for complaining about her treatment and ultimately firing h…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. INITIAL SECURITY

1:04-cv-01309 | U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2004

Closed Date: 2007

The Philadelphia District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Initial Security, in September 2004, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The suit is based on racial discrimination and retaliation against a black male employee in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Initial Security filed a motion for summary judgment which was never ruled on, and after the case went to court ordered mediation, a settlement was reached. The consent decree was iss…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Correctional Medical Services

2:99-cv-00943 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Aug. 31, 1999

Closed Date: March 8, 2001

The EEOC's Birmingham district office sued Correctional Medical Services, Inc., a national healthcare provider, on August 31, 1999 in the U.S. District Court for the Alabama Middle District. The EEOC complaint alleged that Correctional Medical Services violated Title VII by discriminating against two of its employees by creating a racially hostile work environment and retaliating against them for their complaints by firing them. Correctional Medical Services filed two motions for summary judg…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. LORD & TAYLOR, a division of MAYS DEPARTMENT STORE

3:98-cv-00771 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 26, 1998

Closed Date: July 20, 1999

In March 1998, the Dallas office of the EEOC brought this Title VII suit against Lord & Taylor in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The complaint alleged that the defendant discriminated against the complaining party based on her race (black) and constructively discharged and retaliated against her. The defendant moved for partial summary judgment, which was not resolved because the parties came to a settlement. The court entered an agreed order in July 1999. The one …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. BROOKLEY FURNITURE COMPANY

1:04-cv-00623 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2004

Closed Date: Jan. 3, 2006

EEOC's Birmingham, AL office filed this sexual harassment lawsuit against Brookley Furniture Company and Howard Miller Clock Company in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama (Southern Division) on 09/28/2004. Brookley Furniture is a Michigan corporation that operates a furniture factory in Mobile, Alabama. Howard Miller has been an integrated enterprise of Brookley Furniture. EEOC alleged on behalf of an unidentified former female employee that she was subject…