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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Manwani v. U.S. Dept. of Justice

3:88-00041 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Jan. 26, 1988

Closed Date: April 23, 1990

In 1988, Katherina Manwani, a native-born citizen of the U.S., and her husband Prakash Manwani, a citizen of India, filed suit in the U.S. District Court of North Carolina, challenging the constitutionality of section 5(b) of the Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments of 1986, 8 U.S.C. § 1154(h), which imposed a mandatory two-year foreign residency requirement on all immigrants entering into marriages with U.S. citizens while their deportation proceedings were pending. The Manwanis began dating …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Stokes v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service

1:74-cv-01022 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 5, 1974

Closed Date: 1975

In 1975, two U.S. citizens who married alien citizens of Guyana, filed suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, challenging the INS procedure for determining whether to grant preferential status on the ground that said alien was an "immediate relative" of a U.S. citizen. Each plaintiff met his wife visiting the U.S. on a non-immigrant visas. The couples were married in civil ceremonies and each man filed a Form I-130 petition on behalf of his wife for de…
CHILD WELFARE
R.C. v. Hornsby

2:88-cv-01170 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Nov. 15, 1988

Closed Date: 2007

As we have been unable to locate the complaint and a few of the earlier opinions for this case, some information in this summary is based on material made available by the Alabama Department of Human Resources and from the National Center for Youth Law.On November 15, 1988, the children of Alabama with behavioral or emotional disorders filed an action against the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR). The plaintiffs were represented by the Bazelon Center, Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Pro…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Sierra v. City of New York

1:07-cv-06769 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 26, 2007

Closed Date: 2009

On July 26, 2007, a woman residing in a rooming unit with her children, both under the age of 16, filed a lawsuit under Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, the Fair Housing Act, and New York state law against the City of New York in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York. The plaintiff, represented by public interest attorneys, asked the court for injunctive, declaratory, and monetary relief, claiming that a provision of the New York City Housing Maintenance Cod…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Housing For All v. Monroe Group

1:02-cv-00460 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: March 7, 2002

Closed Date: 2003

On March 7, 2002, a local Fair Housing Council and tenants sued the owners and managers of an apartment complex under the Fair Housing Act in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, after some tenants were evicted due to the behavior of their children. On September 16, 2002, Plaintiffs filed an Amended Complaint, alleging that the defendants' curfew policy for individuals under age 18 constituted discrimination based on familial status in violation of the Federal Fair Ho…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Balvage v. Ryderwood Improvement and Service Association

3:09-cv-05409 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 8, 2009

Closed Date: Aug. 28, 2014

On July 8, 2009, a class made up of owners and residents of Ryderwood, an area of Cowlitz County, Washington filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Western Washington against Ryderwood Improvement and Service Association, Inc. (RISA), alleging that RISA violated the Federal Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq. The FHA prohibits discrimination based on "familial status," which refers to families having one or more persons who have not attained the age of 18 years. Ryderwood consi…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Robidoux v. Rosengren

2:06-cv-02334 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 23, 2006

Closed Date: 2011

On October 23, 2006, tenants of the Villa Serrano Apartments, filed a lawsuit under the Fair Housing Act of 1968 against owners and operators of the Villa Serrano Apartments in the United States District Court of California, Eastern District. The tenants, represented by private counsel, asked the court for monetary, declaratory, and injunctive relief, claiming that the defendants discriminated against families with children in violation of the Fair Housing Act. On May 25, 2005, the defendants …
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. Tel-Clinton Trailer Courts

2:11-cv-12886 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: July 5, 2011

Closed Date: 2014

On July 05, 2011, the United States Department of Justice filed an action under the Fair Housing Act against the Tel-Clinton Trail Courts, Inc., and its manager, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division. The Plaintiff claims the defendants engaged in a pattern and practice of denying full enjoyment of rights granted by the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §§3601-3619 based on familial status. The Plaintiff sought injunctive and declaratory relief.Th…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. Testa Family Enterprises

5:10-cv-02319 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Oct. 12, 2010

Closed Date: 2015

On October 12, 2010, the United States filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, under the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §§3601-3631, against the owner and manager of a 26-unit apartment building located in Akron Ohio. The U.S. sought declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief, and civil penalties, alleging that the Defendants had engaged in a pattern and practice of discrimination on the basis of familial status in their rental of apartments. Speci…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. Summerhill Place

2:10-cv-01150 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 16, 2010

Closed Date: 2014

On July 16, 2010, the United States Department of Justice filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, under the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601-3631, against the owners, operators and managers of a 268-unit apartment complex located in Renton Washington. The U.S. claimed that Defendants engaged in a pattern and practice of intentional discrimination against African Americans, Hispanics, people from India, and families with children by instruc…