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JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Doe v. Younger

2:91-cv-00187 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Nov. 21, 1991

Closed Date: 1999

On November 21, 1991, juveniles confined in the Kenton County Detention Center filed a class action lawsuit against Kenton County and the Commonwealth of Kentucky pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Juvenile Justice Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 5601 et seq., and applicable Kentucky constitutional provisions and statutes. Plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and were represented by the Children's Law Center, Inc., Youth Law Center, and Norther…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Austin v. Haley

2:95-cv-00637 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 15, 1995

On May 15, 1995, inmates in the Alabama State Prison System filed this putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Governor of Alabama. Plaintiffs were represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center and private attorneys. The lawsuit challenged several policies and practices within the state prison system, including the failure to provide adequate toilet fa…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Duvall v. Glendening (Duvall v. Hogan)

1:94-cv-02541 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Sept. 14, 1994

This case was brought in 1976 in the federal district court for the District of Maryland under Section 1983 by inmates at the Baltimore City Jail against both state and city officials of the Baltimore, Maryland prison system. The plaintiffs complained of overcrowding and conditions of confinement at the Baltimore City Jail, which resulted in a consent agreement setting capacity limitations, eliminating double celling and providing other services. In April 1981, the case was consolidated with Co…
POLICING
Chavez v. Illinois State Police

1:94-cv-05307 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 1994

Closed Date: 2001

On August 30, 1994, Peso Chavez, a Hispanic private investigator and New Mexico resident, filed a class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for alleged unconstitutional racial profiling by the Illinois State Police [ISP]. Chavez was represented by attorneys from the Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc. Defendants included the ISP; individual troopers; and supervisory officials, including those that headed "Operation Valk…
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
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 …
NATIONAL SECURITY
Jewel v. National Security Agency

4:08-cv-04373 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 18, 2008

On September 18, 2008, AT&T customers filed this putative class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the United States. The plaintiffs, represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and private counsel, claimed that the federal government's electronic surveillance program violated the Fourth Amendment, First Amendment, separation of powers, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the Wiretap Act, the Electronic Communications Privacy Ac…
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Miller & United States of America v. Board of Education of Gadsden

4:63-cv-00574 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Nov. 18, 1963

Closed Date: 2005

This school desegregation case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama on 11/18/1963 and ended in 2005. Brought by private plaintiffs and the United States, it dealt with the public schools in the city of Gadsden, Alabama.Note: Most of the following summary comes from the decision by Judge L. Scott Coogler declaring the case over and the schools "unitary" (a legal declaration that the school district is in compliance with the Equal Protection Clause's mandate …
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
McNeil v. Community Probation Services

1:18-cv-00033 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: April 23, 2018

On April 23, 2018, five residents of Tennessee filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. The plaintiffs sued the Tennessee Correctional Services, and two for-profit probation companies, Community Probation Services (CPS) and Progressive Sentencing, Inc. (PSI), all under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by the Civil Rights Corps and private counsel, sough…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Tellis v. LeBlanc

5:18-cv-00541 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 19, 2018

On February 20, 2018, several individuals incarcerated in extended lockdown at the David Wade Correctional Center (DWCC), represented by the MacArthur Justice Center and Disability Rights Louisiana (the Protection and Advocacy organization in Louisiana), filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana against the DWCC, the Louisiana Department of Corrections (LDOC), and individual employees in their official capacity. The plaintiffs brought this action under the Amer…