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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…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. Bahr

2:08-cv-00573 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: July 17, 2008

Closed Date: 2011

On July 17, 2008, the United State filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District Court of Alabama under the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §§3601-3619, against Defendants, rental property owners and their property manager. The U.S. Department of Justice alleged the Defendants discriminated in their rental business against women. Specifically, DOJ claimed that beginning in 2005 or earlier, the defendants' property manager subjected actual and prospective female tenant…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Betances v. Fischer

1:11-cv-03200 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 11, 2011

On May 11, 2011, three individuals given extrajudicial sentences of post-release supervision filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The named defendants were the New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) and the New York State Division of Parole (DOP). They claimed that the defendants administratively assigned sentences of post-release supervision (PRS) and that only a judge could impose an additio…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Scott v. Tom Schedler

2:11-cv-00926 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 19, 2011

Closed Date: Oct. 22, 2013

This is a case about voting access for individuals who registered through public assistance agencies in Louisiana.  On April 19, 2011, a Louisiana voter and the Louisiana State Conference of the NAACP brought this action for injunctive relief under the National Voter Registration Act against the Defendants Louisiana Secretary of State, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, and the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services. The plaintiffs alleged that Defendants engaged in sys…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
United States of America v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc.

2:21-cv-00022 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 5, 2021

On February 5, 2021 an anonymous plaintiff, “Relator Alex Doe,” brought this civil fraud action on behalf of the United States, Texas, and Louisiana against Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., and other Planned Parenthood affiliates in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas Amarillo Division. The plaintiff sought to recover damages and civil penalties they alleged were owed to the United States, Texas, and Louisiana as a result of Planned Parenthood having presen…