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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Lane v. Tennessee

3:98-cv-00731 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Aug. 10, 1998

Closed Date: 2005

On August 10, 1998, two named plaintiffs, both of whom had paraplegia and used wheelchairs, filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, against the State of Tennessee and 25 Tennessee counties. The plaintiffs alleged past and ongoing violations of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§12131-12165. The plaintiffs claimed that they had been denied access to the Tennessee state court system because of their di…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Farrell v. Harper

03-79344 | California state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 16, 2003

Closed Date: 2016

On January 16, 2003, a taxpayer whose juvenile nephew was a ward of the court filed this lawsuit in the Alameda County, California, Superior Court. The plaintiff filed under state law against the director of the California Youth Authority (CYA). She alleged that the CYA expended funds on policies, procedures, and practices that were illegal under state law. Represented by counsel from the Prison Law Office, from Disability Rights Advocates, and from two major firms, she sought declaratory and i…
EDUCATION
Gustafson v. University of California-Berkeley

3:97-cv-04016 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 31, 1997

Closed Date: May 5, 2019

On October 31, 1997, represented by private counsel and attorneys from Disability Rights Advocates, three named individual plaintiffs and an organizational plaintiff (the Coalition for Access and Disability Rights, "CADRE," later re-named as the Boalt Disability Law Society) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that the defendants (the University of California at Berkeley, its board of regents, and chancellor) violated 42 U.S.C. § 1981. …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Christensen v. Utah State University

1:06-cv-00057 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: May 8, 2006

Closed Date: 2007

On May 8, 2006, twelve deaf Utah State University students filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Utah, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, against Utah State and its Board of Regents. The case was brought under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, with the Plaintiffs alleging that the Defendants had discriminated against them in many ways, including: denying them access to the…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America v. University of Michigan

2:07-cv-11702 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 17, 2007

Closed Date: 2013

On April 17, 2007, the Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America (MPVA) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§12131 et seq. (ADA), against the University of Michigan. The complaint alleged that the University was discriminating against disabled members of the Plaintiff group and others similarly situated by denying them equal access to seating at the University of Michigan Football Stadiu…
CHILD WELFARE
Nicholson v. Williams

1:00-cv-02229 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: April 17, 2000

Closed Date: 2007

The plaintiffs in this case are mothers in New York who have been subjected to domestic violence, and as a result, had the Administration for Children's Services (ACS) remove their children from their custody. Represented by the Sanctuary for Families, Lawyers for Children, and the New York Legal Aid Society, they each brought suit, separately, in 2000 in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, against ACS. Their cases were then consolidated and converted to a class action in Janua…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Pierce v. Orange County

8:01-cv-00981 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 18, 2001

Closed Date: 2014

On October 18, 2001, pretrial detainees represented by attorney Barry Litt initiated a class action suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, challenging the conditions of confinement at the Orange County Jail (the "Jail"). Plaintiffs alleged that they were detained for unreasonable periods of time following the order for their release, denied rights under Stewart v. Gates (e.g., holding cell seats, outdoor exercise, dayroom and phon…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
American Council of the Blind v. Astrue

3:05-cv-04696 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 16, 2005

On November 16, 2005, a group of visually impaired recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and/or Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), along with a national nonprofit comprised of the visually impaired, filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Due Process clause of the Fifth Amendment under Bivens. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sought declaratory and injunc…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Johnson v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

2:08-cv-03515 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 29, 2008

On May 29, 2008, three prisoners with mobility impairments housed in Los Angeles County jail facilities filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiffs sued the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. They challenged alleged discrimination against people with disabilities in the Los Angeles County jail system. Represented by private counsel, the Disab…
PUBLIC HOUSING
ADAPT v. Philadelphia Housing Authority

2:98-cv-04609 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 27, 1998

On August 27, 1998, plaintiff, an advocacy group, filed this lawsuit under §504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 on behalf of persons with mobility impairments eligible for housing assistance from the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA). This action was filed against the PHA in the Philadelphia Division of the United States Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiff, ADAPT of Philadelphia, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that PHA was violati…