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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
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…
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
Californians for Disability Rights v. Mervyn's

2002-051738 | California state trial court

Filed Date: May 21, 2002

Closed Date: June 30, 2008

This case was brought in California state court in 2002 against the owners and operators of a chain of department stores by the non-profit advocacy group, Californians for Disability Rights ("CDR"). Represented by Disability Rights Advocates, CDR claimed the pathways between fixtures and shelves in the stores were too clogged to permit access by persons who use mobility aids, such as scooters, wheelchairs, crutches, and walkers. The plaintiff claimed that the store's refusal to create access to…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Moeller v. Taco Bell

4:02-cv-05849 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2002

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2014

On December 17, 2002 plaintiffs, California residents with disabilities that required them to rely on wheelchairs or scooters for mobility, filed a class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton) against Taco Bell Corporation. Plaintiffs, represented by the Impact Fund and private counsel, claimed the Defendant denied them, on the basis of disability, full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, ad…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Brown v. Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness

1:08-cv-01166 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 3, 2008

Closed Date: Feb. 24, 2009

The plaintiff in this case lived with her two minor sons for a time in shelters run by the District of Columbia. Homeless since 2004, she relies on a wheelchair for mobility and claimed that the shelter system was administered in such a way as to discriminate against against persons with disabilities. Her suit, filed on July 3, 2008 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, claims violations of Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504, and the Fair Ho…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
United States v. District of Columbia

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Filed Date: 2008

Closed Date: 2013

This settlement was reached on December 10, 2008, without litigation, between the United States of America and the District of Columbia. It is the result of an Attorney General investigation of the accessibility of the D.C. homeless shelter program. Included in the settlement is D.C.'s agreement to provide an ADA coordinator to facilitate compliance. The agreement requires development of a comprehensive plan to accomplish retrofitting and barrier removal, equivalent rules and regulations for di…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Californians for Disability Rights, Inc. v. California Department of Transportation

08-376549 | California state trial court

Filed Date: April 9, 2008

This case challenged the California Department of Transportation's failure to provide equal access to their facilities to persons with mobility or vision impairments. It was brought by an advocacy groups and individuals as a continuation of the claims previously asserted as a part of a federal lawsuit addressing these same issues. In that case, Defendants waited a year after the federal complaint was filed before asserting their right to have state law claims heard in state court. Both cases c…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Antoninetti v. Chipotle Mexican Grill

3:05-cv-01660 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 2005

On Aug. 22, 2005, a paraplegic individual who uses a wheelchair sued Chipotle, alleging that two of the defendant's restaurants did not provide full and equal access to customers in wheelchairs.In his complaint, the plaintiff alleged that when he had visited two Chipotle restaurants, one in Encinitas and one in San Diego, 44-inch high walls in front of the food preparation area obstructed his view, and thus he was denied full and equal access as non-disabled people have the opportunity to view …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Antoninetti v. Chipotle Mexican Grill

3:06-cv-02671 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2006

On Dec. 6, 2006, several individuals with mobility issues who used wheelchairs, scooters, or other mobility devices filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California against Chipotle restaurants, alleging violations of (1) the Americans With Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq; (2) the California Public Accommodation Law, California Civil Code §§51, 52, and 54, et seq; (3) the California Health And Safety Code § 19950. The plaintiffs sought declaratory …