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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Detroit Action v. City of Hamtramck

2:21-cv-11315 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 3, 2021

Closed Date: July 13, 2025

In this case, Michigan voters alleged that the City of Hamtramck violated the Voting Rights Act Section 203’s bilingual language assistance requirements; the case was settled by consent decree shortly after the complaint was filed. On June 3, 2021, a voters’ organization (Detroit Action) and a Bengali-speaking voter alleged that the City of Hamtramck had failed to provide Bengali-translated election materials and support for Bengali-speaking, Bangladeshi-American voters.  Specifically, the comp…

Settled: Case Closed

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. National Wholesale Liquidators, Inc.

2:07-cv-02507 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: June 21, 2007

Closed Date: Oct. 23, 2011

On June 21, 2007, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought this suit against National Wholesale Liquidators, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The plaintiff claimed that the defendant, a New York corporation that operated warehouse-style discount stores, engaged in several employment practices that violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, EEOC said that one of the defendant’s store managers subjected em…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Yazzie v. Hobbs

3:20-cv-08222 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Aug. 26, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 6, 2021

In this case, six plaintiffs, all tribal members of Navajo Nation, challenged the constitutionality of Arizona’s requirement that Vote By Mail (“VBM”) ballots be received, not postmarked, by 7:00 PM of Election Day.  This case was filed on August 26, 2020 in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona and assigned to Chief District Judge G. Murray Snow. The plaintiffs, represented by out-of-state private attorneys at Big Fire Law & Policy Group LLP, sued the Secretary of State …
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
American Alliance for Equal Rights v. McDonald's Corporation

3:25-cv-00050 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Jan. 12, 2025

Closed Date: Feb. 3, 2025

On January 12, 2025 American Alliance for Equal Rights filed suit against McDonald’s Corporation in the Middle District of Tennessee, alleging that the company’s HACER program was racially discriminatory against non-Hispanic individuals. Plaintiff was represented by private counsel. McDonald’s HACER program awarded thousands of dollars in scholarships to 30 Hispanic students nationwide. Plaintiffs alleged that the program violated §1981 of Title VI, which prohibits companies from discriminating…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Gomez v. Trump

1:20-cv-01419 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 28, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 27, 2024

This case involves a dispute about visa processing. Following a March 20, 2020 decision by the State Department to cease most visa services, President Trump issued Presidential Proclamation 10014 on April 20, suspending the entry of all immigrants into the U.S. for two months, unless they qualified for an exception. Two months later, the entry suspension was extended to December 31, 2020 and expanded to include temporary nonimmigrant visas in Proclamation 10052. As a result, the State Departmen…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Fleming v. Cherokee Nation

1:18-cv-02041 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2018

Closed Date: May 14, 2019

This is a case alleging that the Cherokee nation and Department of Interior treated Freedmen (descendants of former slaves of the Cherokee tribe) and Blood Cherokee (descendants of tribe members who were not enslaved) differently by allowing only a Blood Cherokee to serve as President of the Tribe.  On August 30, 2018, a member of the Cherokee nation who is the descendant former slaves of the Cherokee nation (known as Freedmen) and a company formed for the specific purpose of seeking redress to…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Estes v. Hughes County

3:20-cv-03013 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: July 17, 2020

This lawsuit was filed in 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota by the estate of a diabetic Native American man who died as a pretrial detainee in the custody of the Hughes County Jail. The estate, represented by private counsel, brought claims for deliberate indifference to serious medical needs, failure to provide adequate medical care, race discrimination, and violations of state law. The lawsuit -- brought against Hughes County and various individual employees…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Kambala v. Signal International, LLC

1:13-cv-00498 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 7, 2013

This case is part of the series of Signal International cases. It is stayed during defendant's bankruptcy and settlement proceedings.On Aug. 7, 2013, 16 Indian guestworkers filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas for harm suffered as a result of an allegedly fraudulent and coercive employment recruitment scheme. Plaintiffs filed this suit after District Judge Jay Zainey denied class certification on Jan. 3, 2012 in a related case, David v. Signal Internat…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Marimuthu v. Signal International, LLC

1:13-cv-00499 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 7, 2013

This case is part of the series of Signal International cases. It is stayed during defendant's bankruptcy and settlement proceedings. Defendant’s bankruptcy terminated February 9, 2019, but the parties continue to coordinate the distribution of the settlement funds.On Aug. 7, 2013, ten Indian guestworkers filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas for harm suffered as a result of an allegedly fraudulent and coercive employment recruitment scheme. Plaintiffs fil…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Meganathan v. Signal International, LLC

1:13-cv-00497 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 7, 2013

This case is part of the series of Signal International cases. It is stayed during defendant's bankruptcy and settlement proceedings.On Aug. 7, 2013, four Indian guestworkers filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas for harm suffered as a result of an allegedly fraudulent and coercive employment recruitment scheme. Plaintiffs filed this suit after District Judge Jay Zainey denied class certification on January 3, 2012 in a related case, David v. Signal Int…