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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Keyes v. School District No. 1

1:69-cv-01499 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Nov. 30, 1969

Closed Date: 1997

Keyes--the Denver school desegregation case--was the first northern school desegregation case to reach the Supreme Court, and one of the only cases where the Supreme Court identified segregation in northern schools. The Supreme Court’s 1973 opinion was influential in defining “intent” in de facto segregation. The case lasted for decades, so this summary is necessarily partial. Prior to the filing of this lawsuit on November 30, 1969, the Denver School Board adopted three resolutions between Jan…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Jordan v. Fitzharris

65-44786 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 14, 1965

Closed Date: Sept. 6, 1966

In approximately 1966, an inmate at the California Correctional Training Facility at Soledad filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the California Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiff, who initially brought the proceeding on his own behalf and then was represented by court-appointed private counsel, asked the court for injunctive and monetary relief, alleging that he was subjected to cruel and unusual punishment in …
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.

65-00301 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Sept. 2, 1965

Closed Date: June 17, 1968

This case was one of the most important civil rights precedents of the 1960s. It began when the Plaintiffs, prospective African-American homebuyers, applied to purchase a property from Defendant-home developer, who rejected them solely on the basis of their race. Plaintiffs sued in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri under 42 U.S.C. 1981, 1982, 1983, and 2000e, alleging that a race-based denial of a home purchase violated federal civil rights laws, especially the requi…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Cooper v. Pate

62-Unknown | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 5, 1962

Closed Date: June 29, 1967

In 1963, an Illinois state prisoner who was a member of the Nation of Islam filed this §1983 suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, against his warden and the Illinois Director of Public Safety, alleging a violation of the prisoner's rights under the 14th, 8th, and 4th Amendments. Specifically, Plaintiff alleged that he was denied permission to obtain and read certain publications, to consult with ministers of his faith, and to attend religious services…
PUBLIC HOUSING
Project B.A.S.I.C. v. Kemp

1:89-00248 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: April 1, 1989

In April 1989, Project B.A.S.I.C. ("BASIC"), a Rhode Island tenant-advocacy organization, filed a lawsuit against the State of Rhode Island under 42 U.S.C. §1983, the United States Housing Act, the federal Fair Housing Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. The plaintiffs alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by race-based mismanagement of public housing units in the city of Providence, and they asked the…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Gonzales v. Moreno

4:88-00029 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: Jan. 8, 1988

Closed Date: Nov. 1, 1989

In 1987 and 1988, the district court for the District of Nebraska (Judge David L. Piester) consolidated several section 1983 claims against Scotts Bluff County Jail in Gering, Nebraska. The issues presented to the court included conditions of the showers, group recreation, exercise equipment, the ventilation system at the jail, and monitoring inmates' telephone calls. The Court (Judge David L. Piester) concluded that plaintiffs failed to meet their burden of proof concerning monitoring of tel…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Lester v. Commissioner of Philadelphia Prisons

2:87-05893 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 1988

In 1988, inmates confined at the Philadelphia Industrial Correction Center, a jail, represented by private counsel, filed a Section 1983 class action suit in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against prison officials. Plaintiffs alleged that there were unwarranted acts of violence against inmates by staff.The parties reached a settlement which was approved by the court in June 1988. Under the terms of the agreement, the Philadelphia Prison Society was to investigate any allegations of the …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Fiandaca v. Cunningham

1:83-cv-00400 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: June 30, 1983

On June 30, 1983, female prisoners at the New Hampshire State Prison filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the New Hampshire Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. The plaintiffs, represented by New Hampshire Legal Assistance and the Disabilities Rights Center, challenged the state's failure to establish a facility for female inmates with programs and services equivalent to those provided to male inmates at the state prison…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Armstrong v. Bensinger

1:71-02144 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Sept. 2, 1971

Closed Date: May 16, 1973

This is a class action brought by people held in the Special Program Unit (SPU) at Stateville Penitentiary in Joliet, Illinois. The SPU was part of a trend of “behavior modification units'' designed to control activists and those considered disruptive to the prison. The case arose out of a large fight on June 25, 1971 between 15 guards and people incarcerated and the resulting disciplinary measures. After that incident, the prison was put on general lockdown. In early July 1971, prison staff we…
PRISON CONDITIONS
United States ex rel. Walker v. Mancusi

1:71-cv-00485 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 26, 1971

This case is part of the Clearinghouse's special collection on the Attica Uprising. In September of 1971, incarcerated people in New York's Attica Correctional Facility took control of the prison and took several staff members hostage. The uprising ended when state police violently stormed the prison, killing over 40 incarcerated people and staff members. Attica was one of the most significant events in the American prisoners' rights movement and drew public attention to poor conditions in pris…