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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Serrano v. Cintas

2:04-cv-40132 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: May 10, 2004

Closed Date: March 15, 2018

On May 10, 2004, several people who applied to work at Cintas filed a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Plaintiffs sued Cintas under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Plaintiffs, represented by private attorneys, sought monetary damages. Specifically, plaintiffs alleged that she personally applied for three positions as a Route Sales Driver with Cintas over the course of six months and was denied three times despite being wel…
PUBLIC HOUSING
United States v. NYC Housing Authority, Davis v. NYC Housing Authority

1:90-cv-00628 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 1990

Closed Date: Dec. 24, 2002

These are two cases about housing segregation in New York City.On January 31, 1990, two black and Hispanic individuals residing in or eligible for New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) housing ("the Davis plaintiffs") filed a class action lawsuit against the NYCHA under the Fair Housing Act of 1968 (FHA), Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981-83. Represented by the Legal Aid Society, the Davis plaintiffs alleged that, since 1983, the Housing Authority discriminat…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
PA Department of Health v. Hanes

379-MD-2013 | Pennsylvania state trial court

Filed Date: July 30, 2013

Closed Date: 2014

Documents for this case were found online. Previously in Whitewood v. Corbett, on July 9, 2013, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Pennsylvania filed a federal civil rights lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of section 1102 of Pennsylvania Marriage Law, defining marriage as a contract between “one man and one woman,” as well as section 1704, which voids same-sex unions established in foreign jurisdictions. The ACLU sought the declaration that the prohibition of same-sex marriag…
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
US v. Choctaw County School District

3:70-cv-00036 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: July 9, 1970

Closed Date: Oct. 28, 2019

This is a school desegregation case filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi on 7/9/1970. The United States was the plaintiff and alleged that the Choctaw County School District (CCSD) was operating a segregated system of public education that violated the 14th Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. According to a later opinion, the district court issued a consent decree on August 5, 1970. The consent decree required that all students, faculty, staff, schoo…
EDUCATION
Education Department OCR Investigation of Tufts

01-10-2089 | No Court

Filed Date: 2010

In 2011, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) initiated this investigation against Tufts University under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The investigation pertained to a complaint alleging that the University had not responded promptly or equitably to a sexual assault complaint made by a female student.In September 2010, an original complaint was made by the student reporting that she was sexually assaulted and that the University had retaliated against…
EDUCATION
Department of Education investigation of Fayetteville Public Schools

98-6971182 | No Court

Filed Date: Feb. 25, 1997

Closed Date: June 17, 1999

This Title IX matter was apparently the first time the federal government agreed that harassment against an LBGT student constituted unlawful sex discrimination. Accordingly, its 1998 settlement was a landmark -- albeit one that very few people know about.On February 25, 1997, a gay high school student filed a complaint under Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 with the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, against Fayetteville (AR) Public Schools. The student, represe…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Blumenthal v. Trump

1:17-cv-01154 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 14, 2017

On June 14, 2017, 196 members of Congress (30 members of the Senate and 166 members of the House of Representatives) filed this lawsuit against President Donald Trump in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. They sought a declaratory judgment establishing that President Trump had violated the United States Constitution by accepting monetary and other benefits from foreign states without first obtaining “the Consent of the Congress” as required by the Foreign Emoluments…
EDUCATION
Students for Fair Admissions v. U.S. Department of Education

1:16-cv-02154 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 27, 2016

Closed Date: Dec. 11, 2017

On Oct. 27, 2016, Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. (SFFA) sued the U.S. Department of Education in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to compel compliance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552.In its complaint, the plaintiff alleged that on Jan. 11, 2016 it submitted a request under FOIA, seeking all documents pertaining to the investigation of Princeton University in Case No. 02-08-6002. The defendant allegedly acknowledged receiving the request in a le…
EDUCATION
Department of Education OCR Title IX Investigation of Ohio State University

15-10-6002 | No Court

Filed Date: June 23, 2010

On June 23, 2010, the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (OCR) notified Ohio State University (OSU) that OCR was initiating a proactive review to evaluate the university's compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. OCR's Cleveland Office conducted the review. The review examined the university's IX procedures, its management and response to complaints filed by students, its appointment of a Title IX Coordinator and…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Berke v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

1:12-cv-01347 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2012

Closed Date: 2013

On August 14, 2012, a deaf individual awaiting his BOP surrender date filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court of the District of Columbia. The plaintiff sued the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”), and the Director of BOP under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the First, Fifth, and Eighth Amendments. The plaintiff, represented by his attorney, sought a temporary restraining order to ensure he would have access to a qualified ASL interpreter, non-aural notification of emergencies…