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Illinois v. City of Chicago

1:17-cv-06260 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 29, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case established a consent decree related to alleged systemic misconduct by the Chicago Police Department.  On August 29, 2017, the State of Illinois filed this lawsuit against the City of Chicago in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Illinois Civil Rights Act of 2003, and the Illinois Human Rights Act. The State brought this action on behalf of the people of Illinois to ensure that the City enacted comprehensive, lasting reform of th…
POLICING
DOJ Investigation of Louisville Police Department

No Docket | No Court

On April 26, 2021, the Department of Justice announced that it had opened a pattern and practice investigation of the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) to assess: all use of force, with a particular focus on use of force against individuals with behavioral health disabilities or individuals engaged in activities protected by the First Amendment; discriminatory practices in conducting stops, searches, seizures, and arrests; department policies, training, and supervision; and LMPD account…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Provost v. Vilsack

1:24-cv-00920 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 29, 2024

Case Ongoing

This is a class action lawsuit about alleged systemic racial discrimination against Black farmers within the United States Department of Agriculture’s loan programs. On March 29, 2024, two individual farmers filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued Thomas J. Vilsack, in his official capacity as Secretary of Agriculture, and the Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) for violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (15 U.…
POLICING
Williams v. City of Detroit

2:21-cv-10827 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 13, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case involves the use of Facial Recognition Technology (“FRT”) by the Detroit Police Department (“DPD”). The plaintiff, a Black individual, represented by the ACLU of Michigan and the University of Michigan's Civil Rights Litigation Initiative, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on April 13, 2021. The plaintiff sued the City of Detroit (“City”), the DPD Chief, and an individual DPD detective under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleged that the DPD used a blur…
POLICING
Wilkins v. City of Chicago

1:23-cv-04072 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: June 26, 2023

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) alleged pattern and practice of race-based and discriminatory police practices in traffic stops conducted since 2016. On June 26, 2023, five plaintiffs who had been repeatedly stopped by CPD officers, on what they claimed was limited suspicion, filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiffs alleged unlawful race and national origin discrimination in violation of …
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Comite De Jornaleros De Rancho Cucamonga Y Upland v. City of Cucamonga & City of Upland

5:02-cv-01010 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 19, 2002

Closed Date: Jan. 30, 2004

On September 19, 2002, an organization representing day laborers filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against the City of Cucamonga and the City of Upland. Plaintiffs claimed that the defendants had passed ordinances in 2001 to enforce anti-solicitation at one street corner, located at the cities’ boundary, and that the defendants were violating the First Amendment rights of day laborers by enforcing the ordinances. Plaintiffs were repres…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Society of St. Vincent De Paul of Santa Clara v. City of Los Altos

5:02-cv-00847 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2002

Closed Date: Aug. 19, 2004

On February 19, 2002, an organization representing day laborers filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343(a), and 2201, as well as 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the City of Los Altos, California. Plaintiffs claimed that the City was violating the First Amendment rights of day laborers by enforcing an ordinance that made it unlawful for any person occupying any unparked vehicle, or any person standing, sitting, walkin…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Comite De Jornaleros De Glendale v. City of Glendale

2:04-cv-03521 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 9, 2004

Closed Date: March 5, 2009

On May 19, 2004, an organization of day laborers filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343(a), and 2201, as well as 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the City of Glendale, California. Plaintiffs claimed that the City was violating the First Amendment rights of day laborers by enforcing an ordinance that made it unlawful to stand on the sidewalk and solicit “employment, business, or contributions of money or other property…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Comite de Jornaleros de Redondo Beach v. City of Redondo Beach

2:04-cv-09396 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 16, 2004

Closed Date: April 25, 2012

On November 16, 2004, two day laborers organizations filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343(a), and 2201, as well as 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the City of Redondo Beach, California. Plaintiffs claimed that the City violated the First Amendment rights of day laborers by enforcing an ordinance making it unlawful to stand on the sidewalk and solicit “employment, business, or contributions from an occupant of any m…
POLICING
Plaintiffs #1-21 v. The County of Suffolk

2:15-cv-02431 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: April 29, 2015

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the Suffolk County Police Department’s failure to investigate and eliminate discriminatory patterns and practices such as targeting Latinos for traffic and pedestrian stops, stealing their personal property, and engaging in harassing behavior. On April 29, 2015, the plaintiffs, 20 Latino residents of Suffolk County, New York, filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the County of Suffolk, the Suffol…