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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Ress v. Diveheart Foundation

1:19-cv-05776 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2019

This is a case alleging disability discrimination in a scuba diving business's operation.  On August 28 2019, plaintiffs, two individuals with disabilities, filed a complaint against the Diveheart Foundation asserting that the scuba diving business engaged in disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the state’s human rights act when the business unjustifiably and unlawfully modified and/or revoked the Plaintiffs’ scuba diving certifications. The complaint was file…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Patterson v. Virginia Department of Corrections

3:23-cv-00757 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 2023

Case Ongoing

This is a class action lawsuit concerning sex discrimination in the Virginia Department of Corrections’ (VDOC) policies on body scanners. On November 9, 2023, three current and former female VDOC employees, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The employees sued VDOC via 2 U.S.C. §§ 2000e, alleging sex discrimination in employment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Mid-America Milling Company v. U.S. Department of Transportation

3:23-cv-00072 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Oct. 26, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case involved challenges to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (DBE). DBE was a legislatively mandated program that ensured that federally-assisted contracts for highway, transit, and aviation projects were made available to small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, including women and certain racial and ethnic minority groups. While any small business owner may qualify as socially an…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Provost v. Vilsack

1:24-cv-00920 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 29, 2024

Case Ongoing

This is a class action lawsuit about alleged systemic racial discrimination against Black farmers within the United States Department of Agriculture’s loan programs. On March 29, 2024, two individual farmers filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued Thomas J. Vilsack, in his official capacity as Secretary of Agriculture, and the Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) for violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (15 U.…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Gomes v. US Department of Homeland Security

1:20-cv-00453 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: April 15, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: Detained immigrants sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security alleging that the conditions of detention during the COVID-19 pandemic placed them at substantial risk of harm in violation of their due process rights. The court provisionally certified a class for the purpose of conducting bail hearings.Three immigration detainees filed this petition for habeas corpus and putative class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire on April 15, 20…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
DOJ Investigation of Maryland Department of State Police

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(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) This is an investigation by the Department of Justice into an alleged pattern or practice of discriminatory hiring policies by the Maryland Department of State Police (MDSP) that harmed Black people seeking jobs and promotions.
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Campaign Legal Center v. DOJ

1:18-cv-01771 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 30, 2018

Case Ongoing

This is a case concerning the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 United States census. On July 30, 2018, the Campaign Legal Center (CLC), a nonprofit aimed at increasing access to democratic participation, brought this action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The CLC sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), § 5 U.S.C. 552. Represented by private and staff counsel, the CLC sought injunctive relief to compel the …
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Wilkins v. Aberdeen Enterprises

4:17-cv-00606 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Nov. 2, 2017

Case Ongoing

On November 2, 2017, individuals facing arrest because of their inability to pay their court fines and costs filed this putative class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. The plaintiffs sued the Oklahoma Sheriff’s Association, every Oklahoma county sheriff, and Aberdeen Enterprises, a private collections company. The plaintiffs sued under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and Oklahoma state law. The plai…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Sobel v. Cameron

22-CI-005189 | Kentucky state trial court

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about Kentucky’s abortion laws (Revised Statutes KRS 311.710 et seq.), and the ways in which they allegedly restricted religious freedom. The statutes posed a complete ban on abortions, beginning at fertilization, and provided exceptions only to save the pregnant person's life and/or to prevent serious risk to the pregnant person's physical health. The statutes also made it a felony for physicians to perform an abortion on a viable fetus except to preserve the life and health of …
POLICING
Coleman v. Brookside

2:22-cv-00423 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 4, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a class-action lawsuit challenging a small town’s practice of over-policing to generate revenue through fines and fees. On April 4, 2022, a group of individuals whom the Brookside police detained in traffic stops filed this complaint and motion for class certification in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. The plaintiffs sued the Town of Brookside, Alabama, Jett's Towing, and three Brookside police officers in their individual capacities, seeking redress for Fo…