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JUVENILE INSTITUTION
T.Y. v. Shawnee County

5:94-cv-04079 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: May 19, 1994

Closed Date: 1996

On May 19, 1994, boys and girls incarcerated at the Shawnee County Youth Center in Topeka, Kansas, filed a class action lawsuit against the county commissioners, the county director of the department of corrections, and the administrator of the Youth Center. The class named included present and future children at the Youth Center; the lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas under 42 U.S.C § 1983. The plaintiffs alleged that the totality of the conditions viola…
PRISON CONDITIONS
In re: Texas Prison Litigation

2:99-cv-04021 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 1999

Closed Date: 2002

This was a class-action prisoner lawsuit filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Plaintiffs were Missouri prisoners who were transferred from Missouri state-penal institutions to jails in Texas pursuant to the "Texas Cell Lease Program," a contract between the Missouri Department of Corrections [DOC] and several Texas counties and a city whereby the Texas entities agreed to house and supervise the Missouri prisoners in exchange for money. …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Rouse v. Plantier

1:90-cv-03511 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Sept. 4, 1990

Closed Date: 2001

On September 4, 1990, a diabetic inmate at the Adult Treatment and Diagnostic Center in Avenel, New Jersey, filed a pro se class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 and the Americans With Disabilities Act against the New Jersey Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The plaintiff asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the defendants had violated his constitutional rights by failing to provide adequate medical care for…
POLICING
U.S. v. State of New Jersey

3:99-cv-05970 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 1999

Closed Date: 2009

On December 12, 1999, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit against the State of New Jersey and its Division of State Police under 42 U.S.C. § 14141 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The DOJ alleged that the defendants engaged in an unconstitutional pattern or practice of performing vehicle stops and searches of African American motorists traveling on New Jersey roadways, including the New Jersey Turnpike.Simultaneously wit…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Perez v. Tilton

3:05-cv-05241 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2005

Closed Date: 2013

On December 19, 2005, a California state prisoner filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff sought injunctive relief on behalf of himself and other prisoners for alleged unconstitutional conditions with respect to dental care provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ("CDCR"). The plaintiffs were represented by attorneys of the Prison Law Office in California. This case stem…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Givhan v. Puckett

4:82-cv-00064 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: March 15, 1982

Closed Date: 2011

On March 15, 1982, Muslim prisoners at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman filed a class action lawsuit against the Mississippi Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, Greenville Division. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that conditions of confinement in DOC violated their constitutional rights to religious freedom. On August 17…
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…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Mason v. Granholm

5:05-cv-73943 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Oct. 13, 2005

On October 13, 2005, current and former female prisoners filed a class-action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC). Plaintiffs were originally members of a certified class-action suit pending in Michigan state court, Neal v. MDOC, LC No. 96-006986-CZ. The Neal plaintiffs alleged violations of their state civil rights under the Michigan Elliott-Larsen Civil Rig…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. WYETH d/b/a FORT DODGE ANIMAL HEALTH

3:02-cv-03075 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Sept. 18, 2002

Closed Date: May 26, 2005

The Milwaukee District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, their Fort Dodge Animal Health facility, in September 2002, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. The suit was based on sexual harassment and retaliation, against a female employee, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After Wyeth's motion for summary judgment was denied the two parties worked toward and reached a settlement on March 26, 2004. The…