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PRISON CONDITIONS
United States v. Michigan

2:97-cv-71514 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 10, 1997

Closed Date: 2007

On May 27, 1994, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) initiated an investigation into the conditions of confinement at the Crane Correctional Facility in Coldwater, Michigan and the Scott Correctional Facility in Plymouth, Michigan (medium security prisons for women) pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997. The state refused to allow the DOJ access to the prisons to conduct an investigation, and declined to negotiate with the DOJ or resolve the al…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Walker v. Johnson

4:81-40336 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 19, 1981

In 1981, a group of incarcerated persons brought this class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the State of Michigan; the Michigan Department of Corrections; and the wardens of Marquette Branch Prison, the State Prison of Southern Michigan, and the Michigan Reformatory at Ionia. The suit alleged that a lockdown imposed by prison officials in response to riots severely restricted the privileges afforded to incarcerated individuals and resulted in …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Rentschler v. Schriro

4:94-cv-00396 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: March 2, 1994

Closed Date: 1997

On March 2, 1994, inmates at the Potosi Correctional Center in Missouri filed lawsuits under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Missouri Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The inmates alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by overcrowding and inadequate medical care, with the specific complaint that the prison intentionally used contaminated medical supplies, denied inmates pain medication, and had no physical therapy depart…
POLICING
Chavez v. Illinois State Police

1:94-cv-05307 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 1994

Closed Date: 2001

On August 30, 1994, Peso Chavez, a Hispanic private investigator and New Mexico resident, filed a class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for alleged unconstitutional racial profiling by the Illinois State Police [ISP]. Chavez was represented by attorneys from the Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc. Defendants included the ISP; individual troopers; and supervisory officials, including those that headed "Operation Valk…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Turner v. Schultz

1:99-cv-02232 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Nov. 11, 1999

On November 11, 1999, an inmate incarcerated at the Federal Penitentiary in Florence, Colorado, filed a Bivens lawsuit against fifteen corrections officers and officials pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. The plaintiff, represented by court-appointed counsel, alleged violations of his Fourth and Eighth Amendment rights. Specifically, the plaintiff claimed that several corrections officers, known as the "Cowboys," were liable for mali…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Harper v. Bennett

1:04-cv-01416 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: May 19, 2004

Closed Date: 2015

On May 19, 2004, inmates at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The plaintiffs sued Fulton County and the Georgia Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. §1983 challenging the conditions of their confinement under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The class action suit, brought on behalf of inmates who were currently or would be incarcerated in the future at the Fulton County Jail facilities in Atla…
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…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Eagle Produce

2:06-cv-01921 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Aug. 7, 2006

Closed Date: Oct. 3, 2009

In August 2006, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") filed this lawsuit against Eagle Produce L.L.C. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona alleging wage discrimination on the basis of sex in violation of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged the defendant paid male Quality Control Inspectors more than female Inspectors ones despite their performance of substantially similar work duties. The c…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO.

1:20-cv-00641 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: June 29, 2001

Closed Date: Jan. 24, 2003

The EEOC's Charlotte district office sued Sears, Roebuck & Company on June 29, 2001 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. The EEOC's complaint alleged that the defendant violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it discriminated based on a physical disability (blindness). Following a number of discovery disputes, the parties successfully reached a settlement in a settlement conference taking place just weeks prior to the scheduled trial in the case. Th…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. THOMPSON & WARD LEASING CO INC

3:00-cv-01084 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2000

Closed Date: 2005

In September 2000, the Tampa Area Office of the EEOC (with participation from the Miami District Office) brought this suit against Thompson & Ward Leasing Co., Inc. and Physicians Leasing Co., Inc. (d/b/a Physicians Leasing Co. of Ohio) in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida alleging discrimination on the basis of sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the defendant subjected the charging party, a female em…