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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Reynolds v. Alabama Department of Transportation

2:85-cv-00665 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 21, 1985

On May 21, 1985, a group of African American applicants for merit positions and employees eligible for promotion to merit positions at the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, against ALDOT, the Alabama Department of Personnel, and the State of Alabama. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs alleged that the defendants had engaged in a variety of discriminatory practices against African Am…
CHILD WELFARE
Jeanine B. v. Doyle

2:93-cv-00547 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: June 1, 1993

On June 1, 1993, Children's Rights, the ACLU, and private co-counsel filed this class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin against the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services and the Milwaukee County Department of Human Services. The complaint alleged abuse and neglect of children in the Milwaukee child-welfare system, inadequate investigations into abuse and neglect, lack of services, improper foster care placement, and high casewo…
POLICING
United States v. City of Seattle

2:12-cv-01282 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 27, 2012

On March 31, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division opened an investigation of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (then codified at 42 U.S.C. § 14141; then recodified to 34 U.S.C. § 12601), the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Following a comprehensive investigation, on December 16, 2011, the DOJ announced its findings that SPD engag…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Washington v. The GEO Group Inc.

3:17-cv-05806 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Sept. 20, 2017

This case addressed whether a Washington State minimum wage law applied to immigration detainees. The state of Washington filed suit in the Pierce County Superior Court on September 20, 2017. The defendant was the GEO Group, Inc., a for-profit corporation that operated the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC). Washington alleged two causes of action. First, they claimed defendant’s policy of paying immigrant detainees only $1 per day violated the Washington Minimum Wage Act (MWA), which set the mi…
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps of Engineers

1:16-cv-01534 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 27, 2016

On July 27, 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The Tribe, represented by Earthjustice, sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to block the Corps’ actions related to the Dakota Access Pipeline (a 1,168-mile crude oil pipeline running from North Dakota to Illinois). The Tribe sought injunctive and declaratory relief and attorneys’ fees and costs under the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), the National Histori…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Allen v. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

1:19-cv-08173 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 2, 2019

On September 2, 2019, 18 prisoners filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the New York Department of Corrections (NYDC) and a group of its doctors under 42 U.S.C § 1983 for violations of the Eighth Amendment. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sought damages, attorneys' fees, and an injunction against the defendants' practices and conditions for which this suit was brought. The plaintiffs also requested certification …