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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 …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Cerilli v. Meachum

3:95-cv-00622 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 1995

Closed Date: Nov. 15, 1991

In 1995 and 1996 several convicted sex offenders filed lawsuits under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut against the State of Connecticut, the Department of Corrections, and the Office of Adult Probation. The plaintiffs were incarcerated sex offenders and sex offenders on probation. The plaintiffs, who were represented by private counsel, sought compensatory and punitive damages, as well as injunctive relief. They alleged that a probation policy, which p…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Crowe v. Erickson

4:72-cv-04101 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: Nov. 21, 1972

On November 21, 1972, inmates of the South Dakota State Penitentiary filed a Section 1983 suit in the District Court for the Southern Division of South Dakota against the warden, prison officials, and the Governor. Plaintiffs complained of punishment for violations of prison rules without due process of law, prison officials reading and censoring incoming and outgoing mail, poor medical treatment, inadequate religious and cultural protections, inadequate work release and employment programs, a…
PUBLIC HOUSING
Jaimes v. Toledo Metropolitan Housing Authority

3:74-cv-00068 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Feb. 15, 1974

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) This is a class action lawsuit brought by low-income residents of the metropolitan area of Toledo, Ohio against the Toledo Metropolitan Housing Authority. The plaintiffs alleged that Toledo engaged in racially discriminatory conduct in the provision and location of low-income housing and sought to enjoin Toledo from engaging in such discriminatory behavior.
DISABILITY RIGHTS
American Council of the Blind v. O'Neill

1:02-cv-00864 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 3, 2002

In 2002, the American Council of the Blind and two individuals with visual impairments filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the Secretary of the Treasury and the Treasurer of the United States under § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs challenged the Treasury Department's failure to make paper banknotes that are independently usable by persons who are blind or visually impaired and sought declarat…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Presley v. Epps

4:05-cv-00148 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: June 22, 2005

Closed Date: 2012

On June 22, 2005, attorneys for the local ACLU and the ACLU National Prison Project filed a class-action § 1983 lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi on behalf of inmates confined in Unit 32 of the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Mississippi. The lawsuit alleged dangerous and inhumane conditions of confinement in Unit 32, a "supermax" facility operated by the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). The plaintiffs immediately moved for clas…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. BLUEGREEN CORPORATION

3:02-cv-01760 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 16, 2002

Closed Date: 2008

In August 2002, the EEOC district office in Dallas, Texas brought this suit against the Bluegreen Corporation in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Two former females attempted to intervene in the case, one succeeded. The complaint states that the successful former female employee alleged that the defendant violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it maintained a sexually hostile work environment, which led to her constructive discharge. After extensiv…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Acepex Management Corporation

1:05-cv-01883 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2005

Closed Date: 2009

In September 2005, the EEOC district office in Denver, Colorado brought this suit against the Acepex Management Corporation, an office janitorial service, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The complaints alleged that the defendant violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by discriminating against a female employee because of her sex. Specifically, she alleged that she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a supervisor, exposed to degrading cartoons, and discharg…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. U-Haul Co. of Texas

4:04-cv-03788 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2004

Closed Date: 2007

The Houston District Office of the EEOC filed this suit against U-Haul Co. of North Texas, in September of 2004, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The suit alleged a violation of Title VII for discrimination based on sex and retaliation for complaining of such discrimination. The female employees were subject to sexual advances from their boss as well as major pay difference from their male counterparts. Ultimately the suit was settled via a consent decree. The t…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. WOODBINE HEALTHCARE LTD

4:97-cv-01607 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Dec. 15, 1997

Closed Date: Dec. 14, 2000

In December 1997, private plaintiff filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri against Woodbine Healthcare, a general care nursing home, and two individuals, alleging that the defendants violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by paying nurses of Filipino origin lower wages than other nurses, assigned them menial job titles regardless of their qualifications, and subjected them to a hostile work environment. The St. Louis district office of the EEOC inter…