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JAIL CONDITIONS
Jones v. Wittenberg

3:70-cv-00388 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 1970

In 1970, inmates at the Lucas County Jail filed a class-action suit against several officials associated with the jail. In 1971, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (Judge Don J. Young) ordered the jail to update the lighting, ventilation, plumbing, paint, and cell-locking system, but denied the plaintiffs’ demand for damages. 330 F. Supp. 707. The Lucas County Sheriff appealed, and the Sixth Circuit affirmed. Jones v. Metzger, 456 F.2d 854 (6th Cir. 1972). A few years lat…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Doe v. Meachum

2:88-cv-00562 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Aug. 15, 1988

[For unknown reasons, the docket does not begin with the complaint, but instead begins with a 1988 order and skips ahead nearly three years to a motion filed in 1991.] On August 15, 1988, prisoners brought this class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. They sought to challenge the policies and practices of the Connecticut Department of Corrections (DOC) pertaining to the care, custody and confidentiality issues of prisoners with AIDS…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Gomez v. Vernon

1:91-cv-00299 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: June 21, 1991

Closed Date: 2012

On June 21, 1991, inmates, represented by the ACLU National Prison Project, filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU National Prison Project, sued the Idaho State Correctional Institution and the Idaho Maximum Security Institution under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They alleged retaliation for exercise of their rights to court access and an inadequate law library.The district court (Judge Larry M. Boyle) held that the fac…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Milburn v. Coughlin

1:79-cv-05077 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 1979

On September 25, 1979, this class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs filed under 42 U.S.C. 1983 on behalf of all people who were or would be incarcerated at Green Haven Correctional Facility in Stormville, New York, against New York State, its Department of Correctional Services, Green Haven Correctional Facility, and their medical personnel. Represented by the Prisoners' Rights Project of the Legal Aid Society of New York, …
POLICING
L.A. County Sheriff's Department (Kolts Report and Implementation)

No Court Case | No Court

Filed Date: 1992

Closed Date: 2014

In the summer of 1991, following four controversial officer-involved shootings of minorities, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors appointed Judge James G. Kolts to lead an inquiry into the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department (LASD) and its handling of brutality complaints.Judge Kolts appointed attorney Merrick Bobb as general counsel to lead the inquiry. Mr. Bobb was previously part of the Christopher Commission's investigation of the LAPD in the wake of the Rodney King incident. He assemb…

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department: 1st Semiannual Report by Special Counsel Merrick J. Bobb & Staff

L.A. County Sheriff's Department (Kolts Report and Implementation)

Sept. 1, 1993

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department: 2nd Semiannual Report by Special Counsel Merrick J. Bobb & Staff

L.A. County Sheriff's Department (Kolts Report and Implementation)

April 1, 1994

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department: 3rd Semiannual Report by Special Counsel Merrick J. Bobb & Staff

L.A. County Sheriff's Department (Kolts Report and Implementation)

Dec. 1, 1994

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department: 4th Semiannual Report by Special Counsel Merrick J. Bobb & Staff

L.A. County Sheriff's Department (Kolts Report and Implementation)

June 1, 1995

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department: 5th Semiannual Report by Special Counsel Merrick J. Bobb & Staff

L.A. County Sheriff's Department (Kolts Report and Implementation)

Feb. 1, 1996

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POLICING
Wilkins v. Maryland State Police

1:93-cv-00468 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 1993

Closed Date: 2008

On February 12, 1993, Robert L. Wilkins, an African-American attorney, and three of his relatives filed a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against the State of Maryland and the Maryland State Police [MSP] under 42 U.S.C. §1983. The plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, alleged that defendants violated their constitutional rights by stopping, detaining and searching them pursuant to a racial profile used by defendants as part …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Borland Software Corporation

5:05-cv-03979 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2005

Closed Date: 2005

On September 30, 2005, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed this lawsuit against Borland Software Corporation on behalf of a female Vietnamese employee who was being paid less than her white male counterparts. The EEOC brought claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Pay Act of 1963, seeking its costs and seeking monetary and injunctive relief for the employee.The parties had been participating in settlement negotiations and reached settlement sho…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Sara Lee Corporation

4:06-cv-04176 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 2006

Closed Date: 2010

The Chicago and Minneapolis offices of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought this suit against Sara Lee Corporation, in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota on September 26, 2006. The case was assigned to Judge Lawrence Piersol. The complaint, brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, alleged that the Corporation had engaged in racial discrimination against employees. More specifically, the complaint alleged that the defendant discriminat…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Santillan v. Mukasey

3:04-cv-02686 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 6, 2004

Closed Date: July 21, 2010

On July 6, 2004, individuals who had been granted the status of lawful permanent resident by the Department of Justice's Executive Office of Immigration Review filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued the United States Attorney General, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services and its Director, and the San Francisco District Director under 5 U.S.C. § 551…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
National Council of La Raza v. Gonzales

1:03-cv-06324 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2003

On December 17, 2003, a coalition of immigration rights advocacy groups, which included the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Latin American Workers Project (LAWP), and UNITE, filed suit against several federal agencies (FBI, DOJ, ICE, Homeland Security) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, seeking to halt the government practice of entering and disseminating civil immigration…

Complaint

National Council of La Raza v. Gonzales

Dec. 17, 2003

Plaintiffs' Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss

National Council of La Raza v. Ashcroft

April 26, 2004

Memorandum of Law in Support of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss the Complaint For Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction and for Failure to State a Claim Upon Which Relief May be Granted

National Council of La Raza v. Ashcroft

April 26, 2004

Brief of Amici Curiae National Latino Officers' Association and National Black Police Association in Support of Plaintiffs

National Council of La Raza v. Ashcroft

June 18, 2004

Reply Memorandum of Law in Further Support of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss the Complaint for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction and for Failure to State a Claim Upon Which Relief May Be Granted

National Council of La Raza v. Ashcroft

July 22, 2004

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