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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
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…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Californians for Disability Rights, Inc. v. California Department of Transportation

4:06-cv-05125 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 23, 2006

On August 23, 2006, the disability rights group Californians for Disability Rights, Inc. and two individuals with disabilities acting on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated sued the California Department of Transportation ("Caltrans") and its director in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, seeking to remedy an alleged "systematic pattern and practice of discrimination being committed by Caltrans against people with mobility and vision disabilities…

Class Action Complaint for Violation of Civil Rights: Americans with Disabilities Act; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act; Cal. Civ. Code § 54, Et seq.; Cal. Civ. Code § 51, Et Seq.; Cal. Civ. Code § 4450, Et Seq.; Cal. Gov’t. Code 11135, Etseq.

Californians for Disability Rights, Inc. v. California Dept. of Transportation

Aug. 23, 2006

Amended Class Action Complaint

Californians for Disability Rights, Inc. v. Calfornia Department of Transportation

Sept. 19, 2006

Order

Californians for Disability Rights, Inc. v. California Deptartment of Transportation

March 13, 2008

Order Denying Summary Judgment

Californians for Disability Rights v. California Department of Transportation

Aug. 4, 2009

Press Release

Californians for Disability Rights, Inc. v. California Department of Transportation

Dec. 22, 2009

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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
Frame v. City of Arlington

4:05-cv-00470 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: July 22, 2005

On July 22, 2005, a group of Arlington residents who have mobility impairments that require that they use motorized wheelchairs filed a lawsuit under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131 et seq., and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas for an injunction requiring the City to bring its curbs, sidewalks, and parking lots into AD…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Council for Disability Rights v. City of Chicago

1:05-cv-05689 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 3, 2005

Closed Date: 2012

On October 3, 2005, the Council for Disability Rights, in Chicago, brought this class action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against the City of Chicago under 42 U.S.C. §12101. Plaintiffs also included individuals with visual or mobility impairments who live, work and for travel in Chicago, Illinois. Represented by private counsel, they sought injunctive relief to require the city to properly install and maintain sidewalks, curb cuts and ramps necessary…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Center For Community Access, Inc. v. Detroit

2:05-cv-73475 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Sept. 9, 2005

The lead plaintiff in this action was a Detroit-based 501(c)(3) non-profit that assisted and advocated for people with disabilities. On September 9, 2005, the plaintiff filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, suing the City of Detroit and claiming that the city had failed to meet federal and Michigan accessibility standards in altering intersections and sidewalks. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiff claimed that the city had violated Title…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Hoye v. City of Oakland

3:07-cv-06411 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2007

Closed Date: 2012

On December 19, 2007, plaintiff, a minister who attempted to dissuade women seeking an abortion in front of an abortion facility, filed this lawsuit against the City of Oakland under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel and the Life Legal Defense Foundation, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief as well as damages, claiming that the defendant's ordinance regu…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Voices for Independence v. Meadville

1:04-cv-00328 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Nov. 10, 2004

Closed Date: 2017

On November 10, 2004, Voices for Independence, a non-profit disability advocacy group, and a class of disabled individuals, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, against the City of Meadville, PA. The plaintiffs alleged that Meadville had used federal funds to repave roads and had failed to install mandatory curb cuts and to otherwise comply with the accessibility mandates of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Voices for Independence v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

1:06-cv-00078 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: March 28, 2006

On November 10, 2004, Voices for Independence, a non-profit disability advocacy group, and a class of disabled individuals, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, against Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). The Plaintiffs alleged that when PennDOT had resurfaced highways in the cities of Meadville and Erie, it failed to install mandatory curb cuts and otherwise comply with the accessibility mandates of Title II of the Amer…