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JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Doe v. Cook County

1:99-cv-03945 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: June 15, 1999

Closed Date: 2016

On June 15, 1999, four juveniles detained at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiffs sued Cook County and the JTDC under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of their Fourteenth Amendment rights. Specifically, the complaint alleged gross mismanagement of the JTDC leading to overcrowding, unsafe and unsanitary facilities, inadequate medical, dental, and mental health care, physical v…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Trollinger v. Tyson Foods, Inc.

4:02-cv-00023 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

Filed Date: April 2, 2002

Closed Date: Oct. 20, 2008

In December 2001, a federal grand jury returned a 36-count indictment against Tyson Foods, Inc., the world's largest poultry processor, and several individuals, charging the defendants with conspiring to smuggle undocumented aliens into the U.S. and employing them at Tyson's chicken processing plants throughout the country. Shortly after the criminal indictment, plaintiffs filed a nationwide class action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee against Tyson and several…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
United States v. Nassau County Police Department

9:77-cv-01881 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 21, 1977

Prior to 1974, the Nassau County Police Department (NCPD) had separate job classifications for male and female police officers, and fewer than 1% of uniformed positions were filled by policewomen. By 1974, the height, weight, age, physical agility, and educational requirements were the same for men and women. Consequently, the height, weight, and agility requirements had a disproportionate impact on women. Furthermore, a written exam administered to all applicants screened out over 90% of Black…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Perez-Farias v. Global Horizons, Inc.

2:05-cv-03061 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: July 12, 2005

Closed Date: 2014

On July 12, 2005, three U.S. orchard workers from Yakima Valley who had been denied or terminated from agricultural employment, brought this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Represented by Columbia Legal Services and private counsel, the plaintiffs sued Global Horizons, Green Acre Farms, Platte River Insurance Company, and Valley Fruit Orchards, under the Migrants and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. § 1801), the Farm…
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…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Moeller v. Taco Bell

4:02-cv-05849 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2002

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2014

On December 17, 2002 plaintiffs, California residents with disabilities that required them to rely on wheelchairs or scooters for mobility, filed a class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton) against Taco Bell Corporation. Plaintiffs, represented by the Impact Fund and private counsel, claimed the Defendant denied them, on the basis of disability, full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, ad…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Ligas v. Maram [now Ligas v. Hamos]

1:05-cv-04331 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 28, 2005

On July 28, 2005, nine individuals with developmental disabilities filed this lawsuit against the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Illinois Department of Public Health in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. They alleged that they were eligible for long-term care through state-administered Medicaid Services but were forced to reside in large congregate care institutions rather than commun…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Karlo v. Pittsburgh Glass Works LLC.

2:10-cv-01283 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2010

Closed Date: May 8, 2017

On September 29, 2010, a class of male employees 50 years of age or older filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC (“PGW”) under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"), 29 U.S.C. § 621. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for lost compensation in front pay and back pay, attorneys' fees and costs, declaratory and injunctive relief, lost pension benefits, and liquidated damages, c…
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…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Orange County Catholic Worker v. Orange County

8:18-cv-00155 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 29, 2018

Closed Date: Feb. 26, 2024

This case was about the criminalization of homelessness and the lack of adequate shelter in Orange County, California. On January 29, 2018, the Orange County Catholic Worker, along with several homeless individuals, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California – Southern Division. The plaintiffs sued Orange County and the cities of Anaheim, Costa Mesa, and Orange under the federal civil rights law, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which addresses violations of con…