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PRISON CONDITIONS
Sostre v. Preiser

6:73-cv-00421 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 18, 1973

Closed Date: Jan. 18, 1978

This is a historic case about prisoner rights in New York prisons. It's part of the Clearinghouse's collection of several cases brought by prisoners rights activist (and prisoner) Martin Sostre, whose wikipedia biography is here.  On September 18, 1973, Sostre filed this lawsuit, pro se, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. He sued New York State’s Commissioner of Corrections and the Wardens of Auburn and Clinton Prisons under §1983 a few days after he was allegedly…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
CODING IN PROCESS
Family Planning Association of Maine v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:19-cv-00100 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: March 6, 2019

Closed Date: Oct. 15, 2021

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.)On March 3, 2019, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit in the District Court of Maine, asking the court to enjoin a final order promulgated by the Trump Adminsitration.
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
CODING IN PROCESS
EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C. v. Meier

3:19-cv-00178 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: March 14, 2019

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) In 2019, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Kentucky filed a lawsuit to challenge two Kentucky laws: one banned on abortion at 6-weeks of pregnancy, and the other law banned abortion based on the specific reasons for the person’s decision, such as a fetal diagnosis. 
DISABILITY RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
American Hospital Association v. Heckler (later Bowen v. Am. Hosp. Ass'n)

1:83-cv-02638 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 6, 1983

Case Ongoing

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Livingston v. Beeman

13-0867 | Texas state trial court

Filed Date: 2010

Deaf persons incarcerated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) sued TDCJ's Executive Director (ED) alleging that he violated the Texas Human Resources Code (THRC) by failing to reasonably accommodate their impairment. Specifically, the inmates alleged that the ED failed to provide them with reasonable access to the telephone system and failed to provide sign language interpreters to allow them to meaningfully participate in educational, religious, and other prison programs. After …
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Bennett v. Madison County Board of Education

5:63-cv-00613 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: 1963

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) This was a longstanding school desegregation case. On July 6, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Madison County Board of Education reached an agreement for the school district to take action to provide equal educational opportunities for its Black students.
POLICING
CODING IN PROCESS
Holden v. The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

1:17-cv-02192 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 27, 2017

Closed Date: June 1, 2022

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) This lawsuit was brought against Port Authority officers challenging the practice of plainclothes bathroom patrols that led to allegedly false arrests. The parties settled in June 2022.
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
CODING IN PROCESS
Lewis v. Harris

New Jersey state trial court

Filed Date: 2006

In June 2002, seven same-sex couples in New Jersey, represented by Lambda Legal, brought suit in New Jersey state court seeking marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples in New Jersey. In November 2003, the state trial court upheld the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage in New Jersey; this decision was affirmed by the appellate division in June 2005. In October 2006, the seven justices of the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously reversed. The state Supreme Court agreed with the …
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
DOJ CRIPA Investigation of Broadview, Cleveland, and Warrensville Developmental Centers

No Court

Filed Date: April 1, 1986

On April 1, 1986, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) commenced an investigation Broadview, Cleveland, and Warrensville Developmental Centers in Ohio, pursuant to the Civil Rights of Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. §1997. The investigation included tours of each facility by DOJ hired consultations who specialized in the administration of medical care to institutionalized individuals with intellectual disabilities. The DOC also reviewed and analyzed numerous documen…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Nichols v. Hopper

2:86-cv-00461 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 2, 1986

Closed Date: April 23, 1999

In 1986, prisoners at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, Alabama, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Alabama Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. The plaintiffs, represented by the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta, alleged that the conditions of their confinement violated their rights under the United States Constitution. On October 5, 1987, the parties entered into a comprehensive settlement by conse…