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Cottman v. Baltimore Police Department

1:21-cv-00837 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 1, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the Baltimore Police Department (“BPD”) policy and practice of searching, seizing, retaining, and destroying the personal property of victims of violent crimes. On April 1, 2021, three plaintiffs filed this class-action lawsuit against BPD and the City of Baltimore in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Represented by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and private counsel, the plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that BPD’s pract…
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People of the State of New York v. Wallkill

7:01-cv-00364 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 18, 2001

Closed Date: Feb. 28, 2006

This case involved misconduct by the Wallkill Police Department (WPD). On January 18, 2001, the Attorney General filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Town of Wallkill (Town), seeking injunctive relief to reform and monitor the WPD. The case was assigned to District Judge Colleen McMahon. The lawsuit was the offshoot of the Attorney General's investigation of the WPD. The investigation revealed a pattern of pervasive misconduct, including…
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Commonwealth of Virginia v. Town of Windsor

CL21001186-00 | Virginia state trial court

Filed Date: Dec. 30, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case stemmed from the December 6, 2020 traffic stop of a Black and Latino service member whom police pepper sprayed during a stop for a minor traffic violation. The Clearinghouse was unable to locate the original and amended complaints but completed this summary based on news articles. According to WLJA News, on December 30, 2021, Virginia Attorney General Herring’s Office of Civil Rights filed a complaint against the Town of Windsor (“Town”) for violations of the Virginia Public Integrity…
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United States v. Maryland Department of State Police

1:24-cv-02862 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Oct. 2, 2024

Closed Date: March 3, 2025

On October 2, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit against the Maryland Department of State Police (MDSP) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, alleging that MDSP’s employment screening process violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by systematically excluding Black and female applicants from hiring for the entry-level Trooper jobs. Specifically, the DOJ alleged that since at least 2017, the MDSP had engaged in a pattern or practice of uni…
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Meier v. Google LLC

1:25-cv-02539 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 27, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case pertains to a Google employee who alleges that his supervisor discriminated against him on the basis of sex. On March 27, 2025, a Google Account Executive filed suit against both Google LLC and his former supervisor at Google, alleging that Google permitted his supervisor to systematically discriminate against men. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Represented by private counsel, the former Google employee brought claims of retalia…
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Do No Harm v. Sanders

4:25-cv-00282 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: March 25, 2025

Closed Date: May 1, 2025

In this case, two non-profits challenged state statutes requiring racial diversity on certain state licensing boards. On March 25, 2025, two advocacy organizations—Do No Harm (DNH) and the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (FAIR)—filed suit against the Arkansas Governor in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, represented by the Pacific Legal Foundation and private counsel. The case was assigned to District Judge Lee P. Rudofsky. The case arose from two Arkansas …
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Parnell v. City of Berkeley

3:23-cv-06379 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 11, 2023

Closed Date: Dec. 13, 2024

This case arose from a city’s plan to imminently clear an encampment of unhoused individuals with little notice. On December 11, 2023, three unhoused individuals filed suit against the City of Berkeley to prevent their eviction from an encampment at 8th and Harrison Streets. Proceeding pro se (that is, representing themselves), the plaintiffs filed their lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, where it was assigned to District Judge Edward M. Chen. The plaint…
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United States v. Rhode Island Department of Corrections

1:14-cv-00078 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2014

Closed Date: Sept. 14, 2022

On February 10, 2014, the United States filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-6 ("Title VII"). The United States (the Employment Litigation Section of the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division) brought suit against the Rhode Island Department of Corrections seeking an injunction to prevent the defendant from engaging in future discrimination and back-pay damages to “make whole” those who had been harmed by the alleg…
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EEOC v. Xerxes Corporation

1:08-cv-01882 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: July 18, 2008

Closed Date: Oct. 28, 2011

In this case, a company was not found liable for the egregiously hostile work environment its Black employees endured because—per the Fourth Circuit—it responded in a way “reasonably calculated” to end the racial harassment. This lawsuit was brought on July 18, 2008, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Xerxes Corporation, a Minnesota-based manufacturer of fiberglass storage tanks. The EEOC alleged that three Blac…
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People of New York v. New York

1:21-cv-00322 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 14, 2021

Case Ongoing

On behalf of the residents of New York, New York Attorney General Letitia James brought this lawsuit against the New York City Police Department on January 14, 2021 in the Southern District of New York. The complaint alleged that NYPD officers regularly used excessive force against and falsely arrested peaceful protesters exercising their First Amendment rights during the widespread racial justice protests that took place from May 28, 2020 to December 11, 2020. The plaintiff sued all defendants…