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MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
United States v. Hawaii

1:91-cv-00137 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: March 3, 1991

Closed Date: 2006

On March 3, 1991, the United States filed a lawsuit under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997, against the State of Hawaii, the Hawaii Department of Health, and Hawaii State Hospital (HSH), in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, Hawaii Division. The government asked the court for injunctive relief, alleging that the defendants were depriving HSH residents of their constitutional rights, privileges or immunities. Specifically, the governm…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Mayweathers v. Newland

2:96-cv-01582 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 20, 1996

Closed Date: 2004

On August 20, 1996, Muslim state prisoners housed at the California State Prison at Solano (Solano) filed a class action lawsuit against the California Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division. The plaintiffs, representing themselves, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the defendants violated their First Amendment rights to free exercise of their religion, as wel…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
S.H. v. Stickrath

2:04-cv-01206 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Dec. 24, 2004

Closed Date: Dec. 9, 2015

On December 24, 2004, private civil rights attorneys and attorneys for the Youth Law Center, Inc. the Children's Law Center, Inc, and the Ohio Justice & Policy Center filed a § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, challenging the treatment of juveniles in the custody or under the supervision of the Ohio Department of Youth Services (ODYS). The ODYS operated juvenile correctional institutions in Ohio which included Circleville Youth Center, Cuya…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Cremin v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.

1:96-cv-03773 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: June 21, 1996

Closed Date: 1998

On June 21, 1996, an individual employee filed a lawsuit on behalf of herself and other similarly situated employees against her employer, Merrill Lynch, the New York Stock Exchange, and the National Association of Securities Dealers in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiff alleged gender discrimination and pregnancy discrimination in violation of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, and the Equal Pay Act of 1963, 29 U.S.C. …
POLICING
Melendres v. Arpaio

2:07-cv-02513 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2007

This case concerns racial profiling by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (“MCSO”) in Arizona. On December 12, 2007, Latino motorists filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona against the County of Maricopa, MCSO, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 2201. They sought to represent a class of Latino persons who have been or will be stopped, detained, interrogated, or searched by the Sheriff or his agents in …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Kassman v. KPMG LLP

1:11-cv-03743 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: June 2, 2011

Closed Date: June 22, 2022

On June 2, 2011, a female former manager filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against KPMG LLP, a large accounting and professional services firm. The plaintiff asserted claims of gender discrimination under the Equal Pay Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and state and local laws. Represented by private counsel, she sought permanent injunctive relief and damages for gender-based employment discrimination. The case was as…
PRISON CONDITIONS
McGee v. Pallito

5:04-cv-00335 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: Dec. 9, 2004

Closed Date: July 14, 2017

On December 9, 2004, an inmate in the Vermont Department of Corrections filed this lawsuit pro se in the U.S. District Court District of Vermont. The plaintiff sued the Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Corrections and the Superintendents of Southern State Correctional Facility and Northern State Correctional Facility under 42 U.S.C. §1983. The pro se plaintiff sought declaratory relief stating the defendants’ actions were unlawful and violated the plaintiff’s rights, along with an inju…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Mhany Management Inc. v. County of Nassau

2:05-cv-02301 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: May 12, 2005

Closed Date: 2019

On May 12, 2005, individual New York residents and the New York ACORN local chapter filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued Nassau County and the Village of Garden City under 42 U.S.C. §1983, the Fair Housing Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, citing violations of these acts as well as the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The plaintiffs asked the court to enjoin the defendants from procee…
PUBLIC HOUSING
Cabrini-Green Local v. CHA

1:96-cv-06949 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 23, 1996

On October 23, 1996, Cabrini-Green Local Advisory Council (LAC), a tenant organization that represents the tenants of Cabrini-Green, a family public housing development in Chicago, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Plaintiff sued the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) and its Executive Director under the Fair Housing Act, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, HOPE VI, the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, and the the Uniform Relocati…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
NorCal Tea Party Patriots v. Internal Revenue Service

1:13-cv-00341 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 20, 2013

Closed Date: Aug. 8, 2018

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.)  A class of conservative non-profits sued the IRS, in 2013 alleging that they'd been subjected to special scrutiny related to their applications for tax exemption.  The case settled in 2017.