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JAIL CONDITIONS
Pritchard v. County of Erie

1:04-cv-00534 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: July 21, 2004

Closed Date: Feb. 22, 2018

On October 31, 2003, three plaintiffs represented by private attorneys with law firms in New York and Washington, D.C., filed this class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. They alleged that the Erie County Sheriff's Department had an unconstitutional blanket policy and/or practice of strip searching all individuals who entered either the Erie County Holding Center or the Erie County Correctional Facility, r…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia

2:18-cv-02075 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: May 18, 2018

Case Ongoing

On May 17, 2018, a Catholic foster care and social services agency and {} filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, against the City of Philadelphia. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and by conservative public interest organization the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, alleged that city of Philadelphia revoked new referrals of foster children to their organization because of their faith-based opposition to same-sex marriage. The compl…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar

2:20-cv-00966 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: June 29, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 10, 2020

This is a case about mail-in voting during the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 29, 2020, the Donald Trump Presidential Campaign, the Republican National Committee, four Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, and two residents of Pennsylvania filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. These plaintiffs, represented by a private law firm, sued Pennsylvania and its county boards of elections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging th…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Duncan v. LaRose

2:20-cv-02295 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 6, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 24, 2020

This case is about the constitutionality of Ohio’s ballot access laws. The plaintiff, an individual Ohio voter and repeated independent presidential candidate, filed this complaint pro se on May 6, 2020, against the Governor of Ohio, the Secretary of State of Ohio, and the Ohio General Assembly in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The plaintiff sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, arguing that the state’s 5000 signature requirement and deadline of August 5 to appear on the Nove…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
VAYLA New Orleans v. Schedler

3:16-cv-00305 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: May 4, 2016

Closed Date: June 13, 2016

This is a case about Louisiana's voter registration law that required naturalized U.S. citizens, but not native-born citizens, to provide documentary proof of citizenship in order to register to vote. Section 18:105(B) dated back to 1874 and was the last law of its type still enforced in the United States. On May 4, 2016, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Fair Elections Legal Network filed suit on behalf of VAYLA New Orleans, three naturalized citizens, and a proposed class of other natur…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
CODING IN PROCESS
Memphis Center for Reproductive Health v. Slatery

3:20-cv-00501 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: June 19, 2020

Closed Date: July 28, 2022

(This short summary is temporary, while we research the case.) In July 2020, the ACLU challenged several abortion restrictions passed in Tennessee, including: gestational age bans that would ban abortion at nearly every stage of pregnancy and a ban on abortion based on a patient’s reason for seeking abortion, including reasons related to race, sex, or a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome.
NATIONAL SECURITY
Freedom of the Press Foundation v. U.S. Department of Justice

4:15-cv-03503 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 30, 2015

Closed Date: March 13, 2017

On July 30, 2015, the Freedom of the Press Foundation (a non-profit organization focusing on First Amendment press rights) sued the U.S. Department of Justice in the Northern District of California seeking injunctive relief under the Freedom of Information Act. Plaintiff sought the expedited processing and release of records from the FBI concerning the procedures by which the Bureau issues National Security Letters ("NSLs") and exigent letters to investigate members of the press. Plaintiff beli…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Castellanos-Contreras v. Decatur Hotels, LLC

2:06-cv-04340 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Aug. 16, 2006

Closed Date: Oct. 25, 2010

On August 16, 2006, attorneys with the Immigrant Justice Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Louisiana Justice Institute, and the National Immigration Law Center filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on behalf of about 300 H-2B guest workers who traveled to the U.S. to work in luxury hotels in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. Plaintiffs alleged that their employer, Decatur Hotels, L.L.C., violated the Fair Labor Standar…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Cruz v. Dollar Tree Stores

3:07-cv-02050 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 11, 2007

Closed Date: 2011

On April 11, 2007, two individuals, both store managers of Dollar Tree Stores, filed this class action lawsuit against Dollar Tree in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs alleged that they were improperly classified as exempt managers and denied wages for overtime. On August 6, 2007, another plaintiff filed a substantially similar class action in California Superior Court, which Dollar Tree then removed to the same federal district court (Runnings v. D…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Morales v. Terra Universal Inc.

2:10-cv-06490 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 31, 2010

Closed Date: April 22, 2011

On August 31, 2010, hourly employees filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against their employer and its owner/president for violating various federal and state employment and non-discrimination statutes including the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). Specifically, plaintiffs claimed that defendants failed to pay required minimum and overtime wages, to pay in a timely manner, and to provide accurate wage statements. Plaintiffs also alleged that thei…