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JAIL CONDITIONS
Hiatt v. Adams County Ohio

1:93-cv-00585 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 1993

Closed Date: March 23, 1999

In 1993, plaintiffs filed a section 1983 class action suit against Adams County, Ohio, members of the Board of Commissioners, and the Sheriff of Adams County. In 1994, the district court for the Southern District of Ohio (Judge S. Arthur Spiegel) certified plaintiffs' class. Hiatt v. Adams Co., 155 F.R.D. 605 (S.D. Ohio 1994). According to the docket from PACER, plaintiffs filed an interlocutory appeal with the Sixth Circuit, which remanded the matter back to the district court. In 1997, th…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
U.S. v. Georgia

1:98-cv-00836 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: March 13, 1998

Closed Date: 2009

On March 13, 1998, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the State of Georgia under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. § 14141. The Complaint, brought in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, alleged that the State failed to protect the constitutional rights of juveniles incarcerated in the State's correctional facilities. Specifically, the State denied the youths adequate special educational services and medical and m…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Horton v. Williams

3:94-cv-05428 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 11, 1994

Closed Date: Aug. 23, 2001

On August 11, 1994, juvenile plaintiffs filed a § 1983 civil rights class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (Tacoma), challenging conditions of confinement at the Green Hill School (GHS). Plaintiffs were represented by attorneys for the National Center for Youth Law Columbia Legal Services and sought declaratory and injunctive relief.Plaintiffs amended their Complaint on August 17, 1994. Defendants moved to dismiss, which was denied by the District …
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
U.S. v. Tennessee

2:96-cv-02312 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: March 15, 1996

On March 15, 1996, the United States filed a lawsuit under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997, against the State of Tennessee, the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (DMH/MR) and the Memphis Mental Health Institute (MMHI), in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Memphis Division. The government asked the court for injunctive relief, alleging that the defendants were depriving patients of MMHI of consti…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Richard S. v. Dept. of Developmental Services of California

8:97-cv-00219 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: March 20, 1997

Closed Date: 2005

On March 20, 1997, Richard S. filed a class-action lawsuit and an application for a temporary restraining order in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against the Department of Developmental Services for the State of California and Fairview Developmental Center. Richard S. was a resident of Fairview and was represented by a private attorney. William Cable, M.D. served as guardian ad litem for the class members, developmentally disabled clients without conserv…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
U.S. v. GMS Management-Tucker

2:96-cv-01271 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 1996

Closed Date: March 6, 1996

On February 21, 1996. the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against GMS Management-Tucker, Inc. and Tucker House II, Inc. GMS Management was a for-profit corporation and Tucker House II was a non-profit corporation. Tucker House II hired GMS to provide care to residents of Tucker House Nursing Home, a long-term care facility certified to participate in Medicare and Medica…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Stone v. Boone

1:73-cv-01083 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 9, 1973

Closed Date: March 13, 2014

In October 1974, prisoners at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Walpole, Massachusetts, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Massachusetts Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The prisoners alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by a lack of books in the law library at the prison. A consent decree was issued for the creation of a law library. On December 14, 2006, plaintiff Andrew Kilburn in place…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Powell v. Coughlin

1:74-cv-04628 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 22, 1974

Closed Date: 1995

On October 22, 1974, prisoners at New York's two state prisons for women filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the New York Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs, who were represented in part by Bronx Legal Services, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief to enjoin the prison officials from enforcing prison disciplinary procedures (including confinement in a special housing unit) unless the…
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

5:51-cv-04316 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 1951

Closed Date: July 27, 1999

This is the case in which the U.S. Supreme Court announced in 1954 that segregated schools were inherently unequal, and in 1955 required school districts to desegregate "with all deliberate speed." It is the most famous civil rights case in American history. But it also had a specific set of plaintiffs -- schoolchildren in Topeka, Kansas -- and a specific history in its own community. This summary focuses on that history, rather than the broader setting and the Supreme Court jurisprudence. …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. RENTOWN

6:03-cv-00078 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

Filed Date: June 27, 2003

Closed Date: April 20, 2004

The EEOC's Atlanta district office filed suit against L.A. Waters Furniture Company on June 27, 2003 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. The EEOC's complaint alleged that Waters violated Title VII when it discriminated against the intervenor employee, who intervened on August 11, 2003, based on sex (female) by fostering an environment in which she was sexually harassed and retaliated against her when she complained about her treatment. In March 2004, Waters filed …