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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…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
United States v. City of Warren

2:86-cv-75435 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Oct. 31, 1986

Closed Date: 2003

On October 31, 1986, the U.S. Department of Justice ("D.O.J.") filed a lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e, against the City of Warren, Michigan and the City of Warren Police and Firefighter Civil Service Commission, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The D.O.J. sought injunctive relief, alleging defendants' advertising and recruitment practices had a discriminatory impact on blacks and that black applicants received disparate t…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Romero v. Allstate Insurance

2:01-cv-03894 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2001

Closed Date: Oct. 31, 2018

Romero I On August 01, 2001, thirty-two employees of Allstate Insurance filed a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs sued Allstate under the Age Employment in Discrimination Act of 1967 (AEDA) and the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The plaintiffs, represented by private attorneys, sought declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief. The case was initially assigned to Judge John P. Fullham. …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Moeller v. Taco Bell

4:02-cv-05849 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2002

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2014

On December 17, 2002 plaintiffs, California residents with disabilities that required them to rely on wheelchairs or scooters for mobility, filed a class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton) against Taco Bell Corporation. Plaintiffs, represented by the Impact Fund and private counsel, claimed the Defendant denied them, on the basis of disability, full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, ad…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Ligas v. Maram [now Ligas v. Hamos]

1:05-cv-04331 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 28, 2005

On July 28, 2005, nine individuals with developmental disabilities filed this lawsuit against the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Illinois Department of Public Health in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. They alleged that they were eligible for long-term care through state-administered Medicaid Services but were forced to reside in large congregate care institutions rather than commun…
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Monroe & United States of America v. Jackson City & Madison County School Board of Education

1:72-cv-01327 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Jan. 8, 1963

Closed Date: 2010

On 01/08/1963, plaintiffs brought these school desegregation suits in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. The plaintiffs, African-American minor school children and their parents, sued both the defendants Jackson City school system and Madison County school district to enjoin the operation of the segregated school systems. A note about the litigation and the two school systems: A lawsuit against both districts proceeded as one lawsuit until 1972 when the court severed…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Ross v. Gossett

3:15-cv-00309 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 19, 2015

On March 19, 2015, an Illinois prisoner filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law against numerous members of the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) tactical team “Orange Crush,” the wardens at Illinois River, Menard, Big Muddy River, and Lawrence Correctional Centers, and other IDOC officials. The plaintiff, represented by Loevy & Loevy and the Uptown People's Law Center, sought injunctive relie…

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education, Inc. v. Maryland Higher Education Commission

1:06-cv-02773 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Oct. 23, 2006

Closed Date: June 2, 2021

This is a case about how the Maryland Higher Education Commission, a division of the Maryland Department of Higher Education, must treat historically Black colleges & universities (HBCUs) in relation to typically White institutions (TWIs). On October 23, 2006, a non-profit corporation comprising current and former students and staff at HBCUs, called the Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education, Inc., filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryl…