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JAIL CONDITIONS
Harrington v. Devito

1:74-cv-03290 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Nov. 14, 1974

Closed Date: Nov. 30, 2011

Pretrial detainees, incarcerated in Cook County, Illinois, were in need of mental health care; they brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois under 42 U.S.C. §1983 alleging that state and county officials failed to provide it. After several years of negotiations under court supervision, the parties settled the case by consent order (the "Agreed Order") in 1978. Among other things, the Agreed Order ordered the Defendants to follow certain procedures respe…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Inmates of Boys' Training School v. Lindgren

1:71-cv-04529 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Jan. 6, 1998

Closed Date: July 24, 2017

In 1971, a group of juvenile inmates filed suit in the United States District Court, in the District of Rhode Island pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to challenge conditions of their confinement at the Rhode Island's Boys' Training School. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as class certification.In 1972, a temporary restraining order was entered by Judge Raymond Pettine and the matter was certified as a class action. On July 28, 1972, Judge Pettine issued an order f…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Moore v. Fordice

4:90-cv-00125 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: May 29, 1990

Closed Date: 2005

On May 29, 1990, HIV-positive inmates in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking injunctive relief and alleging that the circumstances of their confinement were unconstitutional. The prisoners were represented by private counsel and by the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union. The case was assigned to Magistrate Judge Je…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Wabasha v. Solem

4:79-cv-04064 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: May 21, 1979

Closed Date: 1991

On May 21, 1979, Native American inmates confined in the Adjustment Center at the South Dakota Penitentiary filed a class action lawsuit under 42 USC 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota against the warden of the Penitentiary. Plaintiffs alleged that conditions of confinement violated their Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The complaint also alleged that confinement and transfer procedures violated their Fifth Amendment rights as well as the Fourteenth Amend…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Fitness First

0:05-cv-61580 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2005

Closed Date: 2010

The Miami District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against PH Fitness, Inc., which owns Fitness First, in September of 2005, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The suit was based on an unlawful termination of the complainant for being a female and being pregnant. She had just received a promotion when she told her boss that she was pregnant, after which she was quickly terminated. The complainant intervened and her complaint was dismissed twice due to failu…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. WESTERN CONTAINER

4:06-cv-00815 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2006

Closed Date: April 2, 2010

The Kansas City office of the EEOC brought this suit against Western Container in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri in September 2006. The complaint alleged that Western Container discriminated against a black employee in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The complainant intervened in June 2007, adding causes of action under the Missouri Human Rights Act. After some discovery, the parties settled the case in March 2008 by entry of a consent de…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Honda of America

2:06-cv-00233 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: March 27, 2006

Closed Date: 2009

On March 27, 2006, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought this suit against Honda of America, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The EEOC's complaint alleged that an individual female employee at Honda had suffered from discriminatory employment practices because of her gender, and that she had subsequently been terminated from employment when she opposed the discriminatory treatment. The complaint was brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Ac…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Labor Ready Inc.

3:05-cv-05671 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Oct. 12, 2005

Closed Date: June 22, 2008

The Seattle District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Labor Ready, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in October 2005. The complaint alleged sexual harassment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The complainant intervened in the case in December 2005, alleging additional state law claims. The case was consolidated with EEOC v. IFA Nurseries, 3:05−cv−05641−RBL (W.D. Wash. Sept. 30 2005) in December 2005. After engaging in med…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. MICRON TECHNOLOGY

2:05-cv-00546 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: June 30, 2005

Closed Date: 2009

The EEOC's Phoenix district office sued Micron Technology on June 30, 2005 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. The EEOC's complaint alleged that the defendant violated Title VII and the Americans with Disabilities Act when it discriminated against the intervenor, who intervened in October 2005, based on physical disability (deafness) and national origin. The parties entered into a consent decree on February 27, 2007, which stipulated that the defendant would pay the complaina…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. May's Drug Stores, Inc.

3:03-cv-05010 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Jan. 29, 2003

Closed Date: March 26, 2006

The EEOC's St. Louis and Kansas City offices filed this suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, Southwestern Division on January 29, 2003. The suit alleged that defendant May's Drug Stores, Inc. violated Title VII by subjecting the female complainant to sexual harassment that resulted in her constructive discharge. After filing and intervention by the complainant, the case progressed smoothly through discovery. Then, after the trial date was postponed once…