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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

5:51-cv-04316 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 1951

Closed Date: July 27, 1999

This is the case in which the U.S. Supreme Court announced in 1954 that segregated schools were inherently unequal, and in 1955 required school districts to desegregate "with all deliberate speed." It is the most famous civil rights case in American history. But it also had a specific set of plaintiffs -- schoolchildren in Topeka, Kansas -- and a specific history in its own community. This summary focuses on that history, rather than the broader setting and the Supreme Court jurisprudence. …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

6:01-cv-00339 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Sept. 1, 2001

Closed Date: 2015

On August 24, 2001, the Louisville Area Office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought this lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, London Division, alleging disparate treatment of female employees, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, and seeking relief for a class of similarly situated female applicants who had been adversely affected. Specifically, Pla…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
O'Toole v. Cuomo & U.S. v. New York (formerly Disability Advocates Inc. (DAI) v. Pataki)

1:13-cv-04166 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: June 30, 2003

Case Ongoing

This Clearinghouse entry describes two closely entwined lawsuits: O'Toole v. Cuomo, U.S. v. New York, and Disability Advocates Inc. v. Pataki. On June 30, 2003, Disability Advocates, Inc. (DAI) filed a lawsuit on behalf of New York residents in large "adult homes," privately owned but state-funded facilities for individuals with mental illness or other disabilities, and on behalf of all individuals at risk of being institutionalized in adult homes. Plaintiffs filed their case in the U.S. Distr…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
United States v. Belleville

3:93-cv-00799 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Nov. 10, 1993

On November 10, 1993, the United States filed a lawsuit under Title VII against the city of Belleville and the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. The United States alleged that the city engaged in discriminatory employment practices that had the purpose or effect of excluding African Americans from the police and fire work force and sought monetary and injunctive relief. The United States specifically alleged that the defenda…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Lacy v. Dart

1:14-cv-06259 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2014

Closed Date: Feb. 18, 2020

On August 14, 2014, a detainee in the Cook County jail who used a wheelchair filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiff sued Cook County, Illinois under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act, and two Cook County correctional officers in their individual capacities under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiff claimed the County deprived him of rights secured under the ADA and the Reha…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Gilman v. Brown

2:05-cv-00830 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: April 7, 2005

Closed Date: 2017

On April 7, 2005, a California state prisoner serving a life sentence with possibility of parole file a pro se lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California against members of the Board of Parole Hearings (formerly the Board of Prison Terms and Parole) and the governor of California, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff asked the court for injunctive relief, alleging that the defendants maintained a review practices violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Nouri v. Boeing Co.

2:99-cv-01227 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 29, 1999

Closed Date: 2004

On July 29, 1999, several employees filed a lawsuit against their employer, The Boeing Company, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, alleged employment discrimination and asked the court for injunctive relief, back pay, compensatory and punitive damages, and attorney fees. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged ra…