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Waid v. Snyder (In re Flint Water Cases)

5:16-cv-10444 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2016

Case Ongoing

This entry describes the consolidated federal class action lawsuits arising out of the Flint water crisis. Background Flint, Michigan historically purchased safe drinking water from Detroit. But in 2014, Flint began to draw water from the Flint River. The Flint River's water was corrosive, but Flint did not properly treat it. The water corroded pipes, causing lead and other toxic substances to leach into Flint's water supply. As a result, many Flint residents were exposed to contaminated water …
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
U.S. ex rel. Anti-Discrimination Center of Metro New York, Inc. v. Westchester Co.

1:06-cv-02860 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 12, 2006

Closed Date: July 17, 2017

On April 12, 2006, the Anti-Discrimination Center of Metro New York ("ADC") filed this lawsuit under the False Claims Act against Westchester County in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York. In False Claims Act cases, sometimes called "qui tam" actions, the private instigator of the case is called the "relator"; the plaintiff is the United States, and the relator seeks damages because of harm caused to the United States; by statute, those damages go mostly the federal …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Catholic Social Services v. Ashcroft

2:86-cv-01343 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 1986

Closed Date: Aug. 29, 2014

On Nov. 12, 1986, Catholic Social Services filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, challenging the Immigration and Naturalization Service's ("INS") interpretation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ("IRCA"). This case was one of three "late amnesty cases" filed in the federal courts in California against the INS. The other two case were Zambrano v. INS, S-88-455 EJG (E.D.Cal.) [IM-CA-0008 of this collection] and LULAC v…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
United States v. Director Alabama Personnel Department

2:68-cv-02709 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: June 12, 1968

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2014

On June 12, 1968 the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama against the State of Alabama under Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e. et seq. (Title VII). The DOJ asked the court for injunctive relief, alleging that the defendant had violated Title VII by discriminating against applicants for employment on the basis of race by bypassing higher ranked African-American applicants in favor of lower ranked white applicants.The …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Moore v. Chertoff

1:00-cv-00953 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 3, 2000

Case Ongoing

On May 3, 2000, ten black current and former special agents of the United States Secret Service filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) and 42 U.S.C. § 1981a (the Civil Rights Act of 1991) against the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs filed the lawsuit individually and on behalf of a putative…