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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Liddell v. Board of Education for the City of St. Louis

4:72-cv-00100 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 18, 1972

Background On February 18, 1972, five African-American parents and their minor children filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. They sued the Board of Education of the City of St. Louis and a number of its officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for injunctive relief, claiming that the defendants operated city schools in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. Specifically, the plai…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Malam v. Adducci

5:20-cv-10829 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 30, 2020

This case concerns the due process rights of civil immigration detainees with medical vulnerabilities during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 30, 2020, an individual lawful permanent resident, in removal proceedings in Detroit and detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) at the Calhoun County Correctional Facility, filed this emergency habeas petition and complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Represented by pri…
PRISON CONDITIONS
United States v. Florida

1:12-cv-22958 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2012

On August 14, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on behalf of Jewish prisoners under 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-2(f) and 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 and 2202 against the Florida Department of Corrections. The DOJ asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that defendant violated religious freedoms granted by the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA). Specifically, plaint…
CHILD WELFARE
B.H. v. Johnson

1:88-cv-05599 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 1, 1988

The ACLU filed this class action lawsuit in 1988 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against the state of Illinois, on behalf of all children in the custody of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) placed somewhere other than with their parents. The plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Adoption Assistance Welfare Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 620-28, 670-76. The class consisted of all children who had been or would be in the custody of DCFS, a…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Karsjens v. Minnesota Department of Human Services

0:11-cv-03659 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2011

On December 21, 2011, patients civilly committed to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program filed this lawsuit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The plaintiffs sued the Minnesota Department of Health & Human Services (DHS) and the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Seeking injunctive and monetary relief, the plaintiffs alleged violations of the Fourteenth, First, and Fourth Amendments. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that recent amendmen…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Mhany Management Inc. v. County of Nassau

2:05-cv-02301 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: May 12, 2005

Closed Date: 2019

On May 12, 2005, individual New York residents and the New York ACORN local chapter filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued Nassau County and the Village of Garden City under 42 U.S.C. §1983, the Fair Housing Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, citing violations of these acts as well as the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The plaintiffs asked the court to enjoin the defendants from procee…
CHILD WELFARE
J.K. v. Eden

4:91-cv-00261 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: May 8, 1991

Closed Date: March 21, 2014

Representing the class of persons under age twenty-one who were eligible for behavioral health services through Medicaid's Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) mandate, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq., the Bazelon Center, Arizona Center for Disability Law, and National Center for Youth Law brought suit in 1991 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, against the state of Arizona.Both parties sought summary judgment, but in 1993, District Judge John Roll denied …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Brown v. Esmor Correctional Services, Inc.

2:98-cv-01282 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: March 20, 1998

Closed Date: 2007

This class action lawsuit was originally filed on March 6, 1996 in the Supreme Court of the State of New York on behalf of undocumented aliens who were detained at a facility that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (''INS'') maintained in Elizabeth, New Jersey pending a determination of their asylum status. The facility was operated by a private corporation, Esmor Correctional Services, Inc. Plaintiffs alleged that during their detention they were subjected to torture, beatings, harass…
PUBLIC HOUSING
Tinsley v. Pierce

4:89-cv-00023 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Jan. 17, 1989

On January 17, 1989, residents of T.B. Watkins Homes, a public housing development operated by the Housing Authority of Kansas City, Missouri, filed a class-action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the State of Missouri in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. The plaintiffs asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by racial discri…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Dominguez v. Schwarzenegger

4:09-cv-02306 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 26, 2009

Closed Date: 2014

On May 26, 2009, recipients of In-Home Service Support (IHSS) care filed a lawsuit under the Supremacy Clause against Arnold Schwarzenegger and other government officials in the Northern District Court of California. The Plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for injunctive and declaratory relief, claiming that in enacting Section 12306. 1 (d)(6), the California Legislature failed to consider the required factors of efficiency, economy, quality of care, and access to servic…