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POLICING
Allen v. City of Oakland

3:00-cv-04599 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2000

Case Ongoing

On December 17, 2000, several citizens filed this §1983 class action lawsuit against the City of Oakland and its police department in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging a group of rogue police officers within the OPD known as "the Riders" violated the plaintiffs’ constitutional rights by kidnapping, beating, and planting drugs on the plaintiff. The plaintiffs sought damages and attorneys’ fees.  On March 26, 2001, District Judge Charles A. Legge ordered th…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Plata v. Newsom

4:01-cv-01351 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 20, 2001

Case Ongoing

NOTE: Documents relating to the prison overcrowding proceedings in this case under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, which led to imposition of a statewide prison population cap, affirmed by the Supreme Court, are presented in a different case record. See "related cases" below. Summary: On April 5, 2001, nine male California incarcerated persons filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, against officials of the California Department of C…
POLICING
United States v. Town of Colorado City

3:12-cv-08123 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: June 21, 2012

Case Ongoing

On June 21, 2012, the United States Department of Justice filed this action against the town of Colorado City, Arizona, the city of Hildale, Utah, and utilities serving them. The lawsuit was filed under the Fair Housing Act Amendments (42 U.S.C. § 3601); Title III of the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 2000b); and 42 U.S.C. § 14141. The DOJ sought declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that the municipalities had unconstitutionally established a religion, and denied equal protection of the l…
EDUCATION
Petties v. D.C

1:95-cv-00148 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 29, 1995

Closed Date: Dec. 19, 2012

On January 29, 1995, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, plaintiffs, minor students eligible for special education and their parents sued the District's public school system, sought a preliminary injunction, and sought to certify a class of students with disabilities who were entitled to or received special education instruction and services from the District of Columbia Public Schools ("DCPS"). Plaintiffs had private counsel and attorneys from University Legal Services an…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Albertson's, Inc. and Albertson's, LLC

1:06-cv-01273 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: June 30, 2006

Closed Date: 2013

In June 2006, the Phoenix District Office and Denver Field Office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed this lawsuit against distribution center operators Albertson's, Inc., Albertson's LLC, Supervalu, Inc. and Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, alleging discrimination based on race, color, and/or national origin in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the de…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Gary v. Sheahan

1:96-cv-07294 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Nov. 7, 1996

Closed Date: 2003

On November 7, 1996, on behalf of two named plaintiffs, Chicago attorney Thomas G. Morrissey filed a civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, challenging the Cook County Sheriff's policy of strip searching female pretrial detainees upon returning to the Cook County Jail from court after there had been a judicial determination that there was no longer a basis for their detention, other than to be processed for re…