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EDUCATION
Emma C. v. Eastin

3:96-cv-04179 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 18, 1996

On November 18, 1996, a group of students with disabilities filed this class-action lawsuit against the Ravenswood City School District and the state education department in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The eight named plaintiffs were school-aged children with disabilities who then attended, or had in the past attended, schools in Ravenswood. The plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA"), Section 504 of t…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Karraker v. Rent-A-Center Inc.

2:02-cv-02026 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2002

Closed Date: 2005

On January 28, 2002, current and former employees, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, sued their employer, Rent-A-Center, Inc. (RAC), in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. and state laws. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sought declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief as well as class certification. On March 22, 2002, the plaintiffs amended their complaint, and…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Association of Mexican-American Educators v. State of California

3:92-cv-03874 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 23, 1992

Closed Date: Jan. 25, 2002

This case concerns the legality of a California test to certify public school teachers. On September 23, 1992, two teachers’ associations and fifteen individual teachers and administrators brought this putative class action lawsuit against the State of California and the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (“CTC”) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs challenged the defendants’ use of the California Basic Educational Skills Test (“CBEST”),…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Department of Fair Employment & Housing v. Law School Admissions Council (LSAC)

3:12-cv-01830 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 15, 2012

Closed Date: May 20, 2020

In March 2012, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) filed a complaint in the Alameda County Superior Court (San Francisco, CA) alleging that the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) discriminated against and routinely failed to grant appropriate accommodations for test takers with disabilities on the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT). DFEH claimed that LSAC violated the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the California Unruh Civil Rights Act, which inc…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Law School Admissions Council v. California

13-34201300 | California state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 10, 2013

On January 10, 2013, the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of Sacramento County against the State of California. The plaintiff alleged that Section 99161.5 of the California Education Code, which required the plaintiff, and no other testing entity, to accommodate individuals with disabilities and create of a process to appeal adverse accommodations decisions, violated the California Constitution's Equal Protection Clause (Article I § 7 Subdivision a) and…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Jones v. National Conference of Bar Examiners

5:11-cv-00174 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: July 1, 2011

Closed Date: 2012

On July 1, 2011, a law student who was legally blind and learning disabled filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont against the National Conference of Bar Examiners and the ACT, which administrated the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE). The complaint alleged that the defendants violated the ADA by refusing to allow the plaintiff to take an electronic version of MPRE with screen reading and magnification software she had used for all of her p…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
United States v. American Association of State Social Work Boards

4:00-cv-90343 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: July 6, 2000

Closed Date: 2003

On July 6, 2000, the Disability Rights Section of the United States Department of Justice filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa against the American Association of State Social Work Boards under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The plaintiff alleged that the American Association of State Social Work Boards violated the ADA by failing to provide the visually impaired man with a qualified reader.It appears that the plaintiff and defendant engage…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Settlement Agreement Between the United States of America and the Law School Admission Council

DJ# 202-39-97 | No Court

Sometime during or after October, 2009, a person ("complainant") with a learning disability, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and hypertonia (a disability that limits the ability of affected person to move) filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice for the District of Minnesota against the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 42 U.S.C. 12189 and its implementing regulations 28 C.F.R. 36.309. The complainant alleged that…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
In re The National Board of Medical Examiners

DJ# 202-16-181 | No Court

A medical student with dyslexia filed a complaint with the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice alleging that the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) violated Title III the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act (ADAA) and its implementing regulation in NBME's administration of United States Medical Licensing Examine (USMLE). Specifically, the student alleged that the USME improperly found that he did not prove that he had a disability within the meaning of the ADA…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
In re Colorado Peace Officers Standards and Training Board

DJ# 205-13-19 | No Court

A disabled Colorado Peace Officer candidate brought a complaint to the Disability Rights Section of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice alleging that the State of Colorado's Peace Officer Standards and Training Board (POST Board) violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by denying him reasonable accommodations on a written exam to certification exam.On March 19, 2008, the United States and the POST Board entered into a three-year settlement…