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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Spring Valley Branch v. East Ramapo Central School District

7:17-cv-08943 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 16, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 22, 2022

The plaintiffs in this case are the Spring Valley Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Julio Clerveaux, Chevon Dos Reis, Eric Goodwin, Jose Vitelio Gregorio, Dorothy Miller, and Hillary Moreau. The defendant is the East Ramapo Central School District. The plaintiffs sought relief under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, alleging that the at-large election system used by the East Ramapo Central School District diluted the votes of black and L…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Menocal v. The GEO Group, Inc.

1:14-cv-02887 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Oct. 22, 2014

Case Ongoing

On October 22, 2014, current and former civil immigration detainees housed at the Aurora Detention Facility filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The plaintiffs sued The GEO Group, Inc., a private company that provides detention and correction services under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) 18 U.S.C. § 1589, and state law. The plaintiffs, represented by several public interest law firms, sought monetary damages. The plaintiffs alle…
POLICING
U.S. v. City of Albuquerque

1:14-cv-01025 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 2014

Case Ongoing

On November 12, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit against the city of Albuquerque in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. The DOJ brought this action under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 14141, alleging that officers of the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) engaged in a pattern or practice of use of excessive force, including deadly force, in violation of the Fourth Amendment and § 14141. The DOJ claimed th…
POLICING
Morrow v. City of Tenaha

2:08-cv-00288 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: July 24, 2008

Case Ongoing

On July 24, 2008, plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, against the City of Tenaha. The plaintiffs were all individuals who were traveling on public roads in or near Tenaha, Texas, when, they say, they were illegally stopped and their property seized. They sued under the Fourth Amendment (unreasonable searches and seizures) and Fourteenth Amendments (equal protection), actionable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs were represented by lawyer…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
C.P.X. v. Garcia

4:17-cv-00417 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Nov. 27, 2017

Case Ongoing

On November 27, 2017, three individuals seeking to represent a class of all persons confined to the Boys State Training School in Eldora, Iowa (the “School”), then or in the future, and who had a significant mental illness or emotional impairment, filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.  The School housed young boys incarcerated after adjudication as “juvenile delinquents” in state civil proceedings. The plaintiffs sued the Director of the Iowa Department o…
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

Case Ongoing

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…
POLICING
Blanchard v. City of Memphis

2:17-cv-02120 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Feb. 22, 2017

Case Ongoing

On February 22, 2017, four plaintiffs filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, against the City of Memphis, Tennessee for violating their First Amendment rights. The plaintiffs all found themselves on a “black list” created by the Memphis Police Department. They argued that the police department created the “black list,” which consisted of 81 individuals, by recording video protests of City Hall. The black list appeared to denote the individuals who the …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Stender v. Lucky Stores, Inc.

3:88-cv-01467 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 22, 1988

Closed Date: 2004

On April 22, 1988, employees of Lucky Stores ("Lucky") brought this suit against Lucky and Alpha Beta Co. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs brought this suit on behalf of a class of all female, Black, and Hispanic employees of Lucky, past, present, and future. Plaintiffs alleged that Lucky discriminated against them on the basis of race, sex, and/or national origin in Lucky's employment practices including initial job assignment, training, and pr…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Ball v. LeBlanc

3:13-cv-00368 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: June 10, 2013

Case Ongoing

On June 10, 2013, several death row inmates filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections and the Louisiana State Penitentiary. The plaintiffs, represented by the Promise of Justice Initiative and private counsel, alleged they were subject to serious mental and physical health risks from continuous exposure to severe seasonal heat, which they claimed violated the Eighth …
CHILD WELFARE
Brian A. v. Haslam

3:00-cv-00445 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: May 10, 2000

Closed Date: Feb. 25, 2019

On May 10, 2000, children in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (including a subclass of African American foster care children) filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, against the state of Tennessee. The plaintiffs, represented by Children’s Rights and private counsel, sought to enjoin the state from subjecting class members to practices that violated their rights.The plaintiffs alleged that the state violated …