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PRISON CONDITIONS
Heit v. VanOchten

1:96-cv-00800 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 1996

On October 4, 1996, prisoners of the state of Michigan filed this class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Michigan Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. The plaintiffs, represented by the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, asked the court for injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by unconstitutional state administrative prisoner disciplinary hearing practice…
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…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Barnes v. District of Columbia

1:06-cv-00315 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 23, 2006

On February 23, 2006, four men incarcerated at the District of Columbia Jail filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action suit in the District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs claimed that D.C. Jail officials violated their Fourth, Fifth, and Eighth Amendment rights in detaining them beyond their release dates and violated their Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights for conducting blanket strip searches. The Barnes case followed a nearly identical class action lawsuit Bynum v. Distric…
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…
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

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…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Valentine v. Collier

4:20-cv-01115 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 30, 2020

Closed Date: April 19, 2021

On March 30, 2020, two prisoners held at Texas Department of Criminal Justice ("TDCJ") Pack Unit filed this class-action lawsuit against the executive director of TDCJ, the warden of TDCJ Pack Unit, and TDCJ itself. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, filed their complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas; the case was assigned to Judge Keith Ellison. The plaintiffs sued the defendants under § 1983 for violations of their Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Harriet Tubman Freedom Fighters v. Lee

4:21-cv-00242 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: May 6, 2021

Four lawsuits were filed in the District Court for the Northern District of Florida challenging 2021 Florida Senate Bill 90 (SB 90), an omnibus bill that significantly restricted vote-by-mail in the state. The bill also restricted voter registration activity by third-party organizations. Harriet Tubman Freedom Fighters was the fourth lawsuit filed, following League of Women Voters of Florida Inc. v. Lee, Florida State Conference of Branches and Youth Units of the NAACP v. Lee, and Florida Risin…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Hayes v. Rutledge

4:21-cv-00347 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: April 30, 2021

Closed Date: Jan. 31, 2024

After the Coronavirus pandemic emerged in early 2020, the US Federal Government mobilized to bolster the US economy by creating advanced tax credits, also known as stimulus payments. While Congress explicitly stated the eligibility of incarcerated folks for these stimulus payments, the State of Arkansas passed an act—Act 1110—on April 26, 2021, which allowed Arkansas’ Department of Corrections (ADC) to seize any "federal relief or stimulus funds" from people in its custody. This act prevented a…