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PRISON CONDITIONS
Williams v. Illinois Department of Corrections

1:97-cv-03475 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 7, 1997

Closed Date: 2000

On May 7, 1997, an inmate of the Joliet Correctional Center sued the Illinois Department of Corrections in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois for alleged violations of 42 USC 1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act. Specifically, the plaintiff, who had been declared legally blind since incarceration, alleged that the defendants had denied him access to the Center's library, as it contained no books on tape, Braille materials, or …
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…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
[Out of court: Illinois Attorney General settlement with AMC Theatres]

Not applicable | No Court

Filed Date: 2012

In 2012, AMC Theaters operated 41 theaters in Illinois, with a total of 460 movie theater screens, few if any of which were fully accessible to patrons who were blind, visually impaired, deaf, or hard-of-hearing because they lacked captioning and visual description technology. At the time, AMC was in the process of converting all but three of the auditoriums to feature digital projectors. On April 4, 2012, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced a Settlement Agreement between the Illin…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Holmes v. Godinez

1:11-cv-02961 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 4, 2011

Closed Date: Aug. 18, 2023

On May 04, 2011, deaf and hard of hearing prisoners filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against officials at the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by a group of public and private lawyers, the plaintiffs alleged that, while in IDOC custody, they were denied the assistance they needed to effectively communicate and participate in IDOC programs and services, in violation of the Americans with …
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Brown v. Free Library of Philadelphia

2:12-cv-02373 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: May 2, 2012

Closed Date: Oct. 22, 2016

On May 2, 2012 Brown and three other blind or visually impaired individuals filed a lawsuit against the Free Library of Philadelphia, the city's public library system, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, seeking relief under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794, and Title II of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. § 12132.The Plaintiffs alleged that they had been discriminated against by the Library, which had developed a program to make e-reading devic…
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DOJ and National Federation of the Blind Settlement with Sacramento Public Library Authority

DJ #204-11E-387 | No Court

Filed Date: 2012

Closed Date: 2015

In 2011, the National Federation of the Blind brought to the attention of the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division (DOJ) that the Sacramento Public Library Authority had acquired and was lending to its patrons Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader devices. The devices were totally inaccessible to the blind and to individuals with print disabilities; they lacked any text-to-speech output and the ability to output to a braille display. Alternative devices usable by both blind and sig…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
The Authors Guild v. HathiTrust, Inc.

1:11-cv-06351 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 12, 2011

Closed Date: Dec. 30, 2014

On September 12, 2011, the Authors Guild and several other national and international organizations representing the interest of authors filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the HathiTrust, the President and Regents of the University of Michigan (the lead institution behind the HathiTrust), and the presidents, trustees, and regents of several other universities participating in the HathiTrust. The HathiTrust runs the HathiTrust…
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American Cancer Society Accessible Website and Alternative Formats Agreement and Extension Agreement

Not applicable | No Court

Filed Date: 2011

In early 2009, the American Council for the Blind (ACB) notified the American Cancer Society that it believed the Cancer Society websites were insufficiently accessible to blind users and therefore in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Cancer Society accepted the ACB's offer to engage in cooperative structured negotiations rather than litigate the issue in court. On February 14, 2011 the parties entered into a settlement agreement, and the Cancer Society agreed to redevelop i…
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Citizens Bank

Not applicable | No Court

Filed Date: 2001

Closed Date: 2005

In October 2001, the Bay State Council of the Blind and Citizens Bank entered a settlement agreement concerning the accessibility of ATMs for blind users. The parties reached the settlement through a process of structured negotiations, rather than litigating the issue in court.In the settlement agreement, Citizens Bank agreed to offer more than 450 "talking" ATMs, installing at least one at each of its branches throughout the New England region by the end of 2005. These ATMs support the use of …
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Wells Fargo Iowa and Utah Agreement

N/A | No Court

Filed Date: 2002

Closed Date: 2003

In January 2002, the Utah Council of the Blind and the Iowa Council of the Blind (the Claimants) entered a settlement agreement with Wells Fargo & Company, concerning the accessibility of ATMs to blind users. The Claimants alleged that Wells Fargo's network of ATMs were largely inaccessible to blind and visually impaired users, in violation of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (42 U.S.C. §§ 12181, et seq.) The parties reached the settlement through a process of structured n…