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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Rodriguez v. Todd Greiner Farms Packing

1:21-cv-00227 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 20, 2021

Case Ongoing

The plaintiffs, two farm workers, filed this class action case against a Michigan produce producer in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan on April 20, 2021. Represented by attorneys from the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center and the Sugar Law Center, they alleged that their employer violated the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (AWPA) (29 U.S.C. § 1801, et seq) and Michigan state law. According to the plaintiffs, their bosses forced them to work long h…
EDUCATION
Balow v. Michigan State University

1:21-cv-00044 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Jan. 15, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is an ongoing Title IX case about Michigan State University's attempt to eliminate its varsity aquatics program. In October 2020, MSU –– a NCAA Division 1 school –– announced it would discontinue its women's and men's varsity swimming and diving programs at the end of the 2020-2021 season due to budget cuts. Eleven women on the team then hired private counsel to sue the University, president, its board of trustees, and its director of athletics. Their January 15, 2021 complaint, filed in t…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
In re: Niz-Chavez

05-00967 | No Court

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) This case involved eligibility for “cancellation of removal,” a type of discretionary immigration relief available in removal proceedings that requires noncitizens to demonstrate that they have accrued a specific period of continuous residence or continuous physical presence in the United States.
PRISON CONDITIONS
In re Jackson Lockdown/MCO Cases

2:81-72151 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 1, 1981

Closed Date: Sept. 30, 1985

In 1981, a group of state prisoners brought a class action suit, Walker v. Johnson, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the State of Michigan; the Michigan Department of Corrections; and the wardens of Marquette Branch Prison, the State Prison of Southern Michigan, and the Michigan Reformatory at Ionia. The suit alleged that a lockdown imposed by prison officials in response to inmate riots severely restricted inmate privileges and resulted in conditions of c…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
CODING IN PROCESS
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Trust v Nessel

22-000066-MB | Michigan state trial court

Filed Date: May 18, 2022

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) This case is about Michigan state law in the context of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Among other arguments, the plaintiffs argued that the ERA protects abortion and that contrary Michigan state laws should be brought in line.
EDUCATION
Communities Equity v. Michigan High School Athletic Ass'n

1:98-cv-00479 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 26, 1998

Closed Date: 2010

On June 26, 1998, a class of high school girls in Michigan filed this complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan under §1983, alleging that the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) violated provisions of Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Represented by private counsel and by the National Women's Law Center and Equity Legal, the plaintiffs contended that MHSAA refused to authorize additional sports for high school gi…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Pelichet v. Lyon

2:18-cv-11385 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Ross v. Blount

2:19-cv-11076 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 14, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging the constitutionality of Wayne County, Michigan's cash bail system. On April 14, 2019, several pre-trial detainees in Wayne County Jail filed this class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs sued the 36th District Court in Detroit, the Wayne County Sheriff's Office (WCSO), the Chief Judge, and five Magistrates of the 26th District Court in their official capacities under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Burgess v. United States

4:17-cv-11218 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 18, 2017

Case Ongoing

This group of 1,704 plaintiffs, led by a Flint homeowner, sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Federal Tort Claims Act in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in connection with the Flint water crisis on April 18, 2017. This lawsuit is distinct from the Flint water cases in front of Judge Judith Levy, which were filed against various state actors. The plaintiffs were represented by a variety of Michigan-based small private law firms. They sought $722.…
EDUCATION
Graham v. University of Michigan

2:21-cv-11168 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: May 20, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging the University of Michigan’s sexual assault policies. On May 20, 2021, a current University of Michigan student filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiff sued the University of Michigan (U of M) and the Regents of the University of Michigan under Title IX (20 U.S.C. § 1681). Represented by private counsel, the plaintiff sought certification of a proposed class of “All current U of M students” and an …