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NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
DOJ Investigation of Banks-Jackson-Commerce Medical Center and Nursing Home

01-00409 | No Court

Filed Date: June 20, 2001

Pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ("CRIPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1997, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") conducted an investigation of conditions at the Banks-Jackson-Commerce Medical Center and Nursing Home ("BJC"), a public nursing home facility in Commerce, Georgia, operated by the Banks-Jackson-Commerce Hospital Authority on behalf of Banks County, Jackson County, and the City of Commerce, Georgia. The investigation resulted in a findin…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Escobar v. Baker

3:92-cv-05016 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 16, 1992

Closed Date: 1993

On January 16, 1992, migrant agricultural workers of Mexican descent filed a lawsuit against farm owner employers in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, alleging violations of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 1801, et seq. and Washington State Farm Labor Contractor Act, RCW 49.48.010. Plaintiffs claimed that they were fired by farm owners because they sought legal advice from attorneys from Oregon Legal Services as to their…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Jama v. United States Immigration and Natural Service

2:97-cv-03093 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: June 16, 1997

Closed Date: Aug. 9, 2010

The Jama lawsuit is a companion case to the class action, Brown v. Esmor Correctional Services, Inc., No. 98-1282(DRD) [IM-NJ-0003] and Joaquin DaSilva v. Esmor Correctional Services Incorporated, et al., No. 96-3755(DRD), which were also pending in to U.S. District Court District of New Jersey. All three cases, Jama, Brown and DaSilva were filed on behalf of undocumented aliens who were detained at a facility that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (''INS'') maintained in Elizabeth, Ne…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Navarrete-Cruz v. LVI Environmental Services of New Orleans, Inc.

2:06-cv-00489 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Feb. 1, 2006

Closed Date: 2007

On February 1, 2006, attorneys with the Immigrant Justice Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana filed a class action lawsuit in the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on behalf of hundreds of workers employed by LVI Environmental Services of New Orleans, Inc., a firm that provided rebuilding services to public elementary and high schools in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina. Plaintiffs alleged LVI E…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Kramer v. New Orleans Saints

2:01-cv-02451 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Aug. 13, 2001

Closed Date: 2004

On August 13, 2001, two female employees of the New Orleans Saints Organization filed a lawsuit against the New Orleans Saints, its owner, and two of its partner corporations. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs alleged various violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). One of the two plaintiffs also alleged violations of the Family & Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). The p…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Chapman v. Dell

1:09-cv-00311 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 29, 2008

Closed Date: 2009

On October 29, 2008, four current and former female employees of Dell, Inc. filed a lawsuit against Dell under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act, and the Fair Labor Standards Act, in the Northern District of California. Plaintiffs sought class action certification for a class of similarly situated female employees company-wide. Represented by private counsel, they sought declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as monetary damages in excess of $500,000,000. Plaint…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Griesing v. Greenberg Traurig

1:12-cv-08734 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 3, 2012

On December 3, 2012, a female partner in a law firm filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against her law firm on behalf of herself and a class of females employees of her law firm similarly situated under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e, et. seq, and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 as amended by the Equal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d). The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, alleged that defendant discriminated…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Samuel v. Signal International, LLC

1:13-cv-00323 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 21, 2013

Case Ongoing

This case is part of the series of Signal International cases. It is stayed during defendant's bankruptcy and settlement proceedings.On May 21, 2013, 17 Indian guestworkers filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas for harm suffered as a result of an allegedly fraudulent and coercive employment recruitment scheme. Plaintiffs filed this suit after District Judge Jay Zainey denied class certification on Jan. 3, 2012, in a related case, David v. Signal Internatio…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Southern Poverty Law Center v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:18-cv-00760 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 4, 2018

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: On May 7, the plaintiffs sought a temporary restraining order in response to COVID-19, directing the defendants to remove access barriers and ameliorate dangerously punitive conditions at the detention facilities at issue, such as providing detainees with access to free and private phone calls. They claimed that the defendants had restricted access to legal visitations due to COVID-19, but failed to accommodate remote communications. The court granted in part the temporary res…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Trump

2:17-cv-00178 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 3, 2022

This class action challenged President Trump's January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) which prohibited admission to the US for nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The plaintiffs commenced this lawsuit on February 7, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs were represented by the ACLU of Washington and private counsel. On November 29, 2017, this case was consolidated with Jewish Family Service of Seattle v. Trump, No…