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INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Messier v. Southbury Training School

3:94-cv-01706 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 1994

Closed Date: March 13, 2019

On October 4, 1994, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut against Connecticut's Departments of Mental Retardation (DMR), Social Services (DSS), and Public Health (DPH) and Southbury Training School, an intermediate care facility for people with intellectual disabilities (ICF/MR) in Southbury, Connecticut. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sought injunctive relief on behalf of both current and future Southbury residents.…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
John S. v. Cuomo

5:90-cv-00294 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: March 14, 1990

Closed Date: 1999

On March 14, 1990, attorneys for the Legal Services of Central New York filed a class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983 on behalf of residents with intellectual disabilities of New York State psychiatric centers at Mohawk Valley, Hutchings and Binghamton in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. Plaintiffs alleged that the facilities at Mohawk Valley, Binghamton and Hutchings, as psychiatric centers, were not staffed or otherwise prepared to provide services, …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Boyden v. McCarthy/Rowland

2:86-01989 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 27, 1986

Closed Date: Oct. 2, 1989

This lawsuit was filed pro se by prisoners on March 27, 1986, in the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued the California Department of Corrections and the California Institute for Men under 42 U.S.C. 1983. The plaintiffs alleged that unconstitutional conditions of confinement at the California Institute for Men (Chino) violated their Eighth Amendment and Fifth Amendment due process rights. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged issues regarding sanitation, classification, legal…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Russell v. Johnson

1:02-cv-00261 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: July 12, 2002

Closed Date: 2006

On July 12, 2002, death row inmates at the Mississippi State Penitentiary filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi against the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Plaintiffs were represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and private attorneys. The suit alleged that the inmates were subjected to isolation, lack of exercise, inadequate ventilation, unsanitary conditions, and lack of mental …
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Keyes v. School District No. 1

1:69-cv-01499 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Nov. 30, 1969

Closed Date: 1997

Keyes--the Denver school desegregation case--was the first northern school desegregation case to reach the Supreme Court, and one of the only cases where the Supreme Court identified segregation in northern schools. The Supreme Court’s 1973 opinion was influential in defining “intent” in de facto segregation. The case lasted for decades, so this summary is necessarily partial. Prior to the filing of this lawsuit on November 30, 1969, the Denver School Board adopted three resolutions between Jan…
PUBLIC HOUSING
NAACP, Boston Chapter v. HUD

1:78-cv-00850 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 17, 1978

On April 17, 1978, two citizens of Massachusetts filed lawsuits under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1977 against the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The plaintiffs, represented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by racially discriminatory disbursement of federal housing funds in the cities of Boston and…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Roberts v. County of Mahoning

4:03-cv-02329 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Nov. 14, 2003

Closed Date: May 17, 2010

On November 14, 2003 Ohio inmates filed this class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District Of Ohio, alleging that the conditions of confinement at the Mahoning County Justice Center ("Justice Center") and the Minimum Security Jail ("MSJ") violated their constitutional rights. The plaintiffs alleged that they were subjected severe overcrowding and corresponding deprivations. They sought equitable and declaratory relief.On March 5, 2004, …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. RENAL CARE GROUP INC

3:05-cv-00052 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Jan. 24, 2005

Closed Date: Oct. 20, 2008

In January 2005, the EEOC district office in Birmingham, Alabama brought this suit against Renal Care Group, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. The complaint states that the defendant, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, disciplined and ultimately terminated a black employee because of her race and because she had complained about the discriminatory treatment being suffered by another black nurse. The defense moved for summary judg…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. BEVERLY ENTERPRISES - MISSOURI, INC.

4:98-cv-01579 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Sept. 21, 1998

Closed Date: 2001

On September 21, 1998, the St. Louis office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit under Title VII against Beverly Enterprises - Missouri, Inc., Beverly Enterprises, Inc, and Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Services, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The defendants operated nursing homes in the St. Louis area. The EEOC alleged that the defendants had violated the rights of ten of their employees by discriminating against them on th…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. CONSOLIDATED RESORTS, INC.

2:06-cv-01104 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Sept. 7, 2006

Closed Date: Oct. 15, 2008

The Los Angeles District Office of the EEOC brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada against Consolidated Resorts in September 2006. The complaint alleged sex discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The defendant allegedly sexually harassed a female employment, creating a hostile working environment and resulting in a tangible employment action. The parties participated in a conference with an early neutral evaluator that did not …