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POLICING
Illinois v. City of Chicago

1:17-cv-06260 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 29, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case established a consent decree related to alleged systemic misconduct by the Chicago Police Department.  On August 29, 2017, the State of Illinois filed this lawsuit against the City of Chicago in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Illinois Civil Rights Act of 2003, and the Illinois Human Rights Act. The State brought this action on behalf of the people of Illinois to ensure that the City enacted comprehensive, lasting reform of th…
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…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Equip for Equality v. Robbins Supportive Living

1:06-cv-01671 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 27, 2006

Closed Date: Aug. 21, 2006

This case is about a Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency’s access authority. On March 27, 2006, Equip for Equality (EFE), the P&A for Illinois, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Northern Illinois against Robbins Supportive Living LLC. Robbins Supportive Living LLC operated Robbins Senior Living (“Robbins”), a supportive living facility in Illinois for individuals 65 or older. Plaintiff alleged that defendant violated the Protection and Advocacy for Individual Rig…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Moore v. Putnam County Community School

1:07-cv-01011 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: Dec. 20, 2006

Closed Date: June 18, 2007

This is a case concerning alleged vote dilution in Putnam County.  On December 20, 2006, seven residents of Putnam County filed suit against the Putnam County Community School District challenging the election of the Board of Education of Putnam County Community District #535.  In Putnam County, only three of seven board members could be elected from a district that contained a majority of the population. In their complaint, plaintiffs alleged 105 ILCS 5/11 A-8, succeeded by 105 ILCS 5/9, viola…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Committee For A Fair And Balanced Map v. Illinois State Board of Elections

1:11-cv-05065 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 27, 2011

Closed Date: Dec. 15, 2011

This was a challenge to the congressional redistricting plan adopted by the State of Illinois after the 2010 census (the “Adopted Map”). Plaintiffs were an organization called the Committee for a Fair and Balanced Map (a not for profit organization created by Illinois citizens concerned about the congressional redistricting process in Illinois), ten incumbent Republican members, ten incumbent Republican members of Congress, and six registered voters (including some who identify themselves as La…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Ross v. Gossett

3:15-cv-00309 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 19, 2015

Case Ongoing

On March 19, 2015, an Illinois prisoner filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law against numerous members of the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) tactical team “Orange Crush,” the wardens at Illinois River, Menard, Big Muddy River, and Lawrence Correctional Centers, and other IDOC officials. The plaintiff, represented by Loevy & Loevy and the Uptown People's Law Center, sought injunctive relie…
POLICING
Wilkins v. City of Chicago

1:23-cv-04072 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: June 26, 2023

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) alleged pattern and practice of race-based and discriminatory police practices in traffic stops conducted since 2016. On June 26, 2023, five plaintiffs who had been repeatedly stopped by CPD officers, on what they claimed was limited suspicion, filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiffs alleged unlawful race and national origin discrimination in violation of …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ptasinska v. U.S. Department of State

1:07-cv-03795 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 6, 2007

Closed Date: Nov. 1, 2007

On July 6, 2007, the plaintiff, a person lawfully present in the United States on a non-immigrant H1-B visa and represented by private counsel, filed a complaint against the U.S. Department of State, Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and several individual employees of those agencies in their professional capacities regarding a change to the July 2007 Visa Bulletin’s statement about the availability of employment-based immigrant visas f…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Fairley v. McDonald's Corporation

1:20-cv-02273 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 10, 2020

Case Ongoing

On April 10, 2020, plaintiffs, a current employee of McDonalds and a former employee of McDonalds, represented by private counsel, filed a putative class action lawsuit against McDonald’s, on behalf of themselves and all women who work at McDonald’s corporate owned and operated restaurants in Florida. The lawsuit alleged a pattern of unchecked sexual harassment at 100 restaurants in Florida. The case was originally assigned to Judge Virginia M. Kendall and Magistrate Judge Beth W. Jantz, but wa…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Lee v. Orr

1:13-cv-08719 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2013

Closed Date: Feb. 21, 2014

Represented by Lambda Legal, the Roger Baldwin Foundation of the ACLU of Illinois, and private counsel, Plaintiffs, four same-sex Illinois couples who wished to legally marry in Illinois, filed a class action suit against the Cook County Clerk on December 6, 2013, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage violated their constitutional rights. The Plaintiff Class consisted o…