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EDUCATION
CODING IN PROCESS
DOJ Investigation of New Bedford Public Schools

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(This summary is temporary while we research the investigation) The U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement agreement with New Bedford Public Schools on September 15, 2022, following an investigation into the school district's practices for communicating with limited English proficient parents and guardians initiated in 2020. 
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
Gaines v. Boston Herald, Inc.

1:95-cv-11946 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Aug. 29, 1995

998 F.Supp. 91 (D. Mass. 1998).suit brought under Title VII, § 1981, and Mass. anti-discrimination statuteClass Certified 3/30/1998.
DISABILITY RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Rivero, et al. v. Galvin, et al.

1:20-cv-11808 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

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EDUCATION
Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard

1:14-cv-14176 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Nov. 17, 2014

Case Ongoing

On November 17, 2014, Students for Fair Admissions Inc. filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d against Harvard College. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief to prohibit the consideration of race in college admissions, claiming that Harvard's admissions policy discriminated against Asian American applicants. Specifically, the plainti…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Kosilek v. Spencer

1:00-cv-12455 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2000

Case Ongoing

On December 12, 2000, a transgender inmate at the Massachusetts Correction Institute in Norfolk filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Filing pro se, the plaintiff sued the Massachusetts Department of Corrections, the Correctional Medical Services, and the University of Massachusetts Medical School under 42 U.S.C. 1983. The inmate sought injunctive relief and damages to be determined by the jury, alleging violations of her constitutional rights and immu…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Petition of Kaufman

Massachusetts state trial court

Filed Date: 1991

Case Ongoing

The Behavioral Research Institute (BRI), now know as the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, is a Massachusetts based residential care facility for children and young adults with severe autism associated with behavioral problems. BRI is known for its use of negative reinforcement also known as aversive treatments, such as electric shock therapies, to disincentives undesirable behavior. As a result of its use of aversive treatments, BRI has been controversial and the subject of several law suits…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Behavioral Research Institute v. Secretary of Administration

Massachusetts state trial court

Filed Date: 1989

Case Ongoing

The Behavioral Research Institute, now known as the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, is a Massachusetts-based, residential care facility for children and young adults with severe autism associated with behavioral problems. JRC is known for its use of aversive treatments, such as electric shock therapies, to disincentives undesirable behavior. As a result of its use of aversive treatments, JRC has been controversial and the subject of several lawsuits. This case, along with ID-MA-0002 and ID-…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Bradley v. City of Lynn

1:05-cv-10213 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 2, 2005

Case Ongoing

On February 2, 2005, an African-American applicant for an entry-level firefighter position in the city of Lynn, Massachusetts filed a lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et. seq., the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and the consent decree issued in the case Boston Chapter NAACP v. Beecher with Human Resources Division of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ("HRD") in the United States District Court of the District of Massachusetts.The p…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Dracut School Committee v. Bureau of Speal Educ. Appeals of the Massachusetts Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Educ.

1:09-cv-10966 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

None
JAIL CONDITIONS
Inmates of Suffolk County Jail v. Rufo

1:71-cv-00162 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 1971

Closed Date: Sept. 30, 1999

In 1971, incarcerated individuals of the Suffolk County Jail (also known as the Charles Street Jail) in Boston, Massachusetts filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the Sheriff of Suffolk County, the Commissioner of Correction for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Mayor of Boston, and several City Councilors. After the parties agreed to a partial judgment and the court held a short trial on the merits, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Judge W. Arth…