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JAIL CONDITIONS
Miles v. Sampson

1:77-cv-00384 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: Nov. 25, 1977

Closed Date: March 25, 1982

In 1977, an inmate of the Rockingham County Jail brought a pro se lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the officials of Rockingham County Jail. In his complaint he alleged that he was being kept in solitary confinement under conditions so poor as to constitute cruel and unusual punishment, that he was denied medical treatment, and that he was denied the right to confer with his attorney, despite requests. It is unclear wh…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Feeley v. Sampson

1:75-00171 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: June 17, 1975

In 1975, a pretrial detainee filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against county officials of the Rockingham County Jail, New Hampshire, arguing that the conditions at the Rockingham County Jail violated detainees' constitutional rights. The Court (Judge Hugh H. Brownes, Jr.) considered the overarching question of whether pretrial detainees who had been accused of unbailable offenses or felonies, and were thus …
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Garrity & U.S. v. Gallen

1:78-cv-00116 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: April 12, 1978

Closed Date: 1991

On April 12, 1978, six residents with intellectual disabilities of Laconia State School and Training Center ("Laconia") of New Hampshire filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, challenging the conditions at Laconia. Plaintiffs' complaint alleged that the institution's inadequate staffing, services and programs violated the residents' rights under the Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, ("DD …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Laaman v. Helgemoe

1:75-cv-00258 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: Aug. 29, 1975

On August 29, 1975, a prisoner at New Hampshire State Prison (NHSP) filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against authorities at NHSP in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, Concord Division. The Plaintiff, at first represented by himself and later by court appointed counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging an emergency lockup of the prison had been instituted without a basis in fact and in bad faith, that searches had been conducted in an…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Conklin v. Hancock

1:75-cv-00252 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: Aug. 21, 1975

A prisoner at the New Hampshire State prison filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the New Hampshire Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire on 08/21/1975. He was being held at the state prison while he awaited trial on a charge of murder of a county jail guard, and he alleged that his civil rights had been violated because they denied him equal protection of law by putting him in solitary confinement. He further alleged that he has been…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Nadeau v. Helgemoe

1:76-cv-00086 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: March 17, 1976

On March 17, 1976, New Hampshire state prisoners who were held in protective custody ("PC") at their own request filed suit under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire against the New Hampshire State Prison alleging unconstitutional conditions of confinement on First, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment grounds. The PC prisoners alleged that the prison placed stricter restrictions on the range of activities and work opportunities compa…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Fiandaca v. Cunningham

1:83-cv-00400 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: June 30, 1983

On June 30, 1983, female prisoners at the New Hampshire State Prison filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the New Hampshire Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. The plaintiffs, represented by New Hampshire Legal Assistance and the Disabilities Rights Center, challenged the state's failure to establish a facility for female inmates with programs and services equivalent to those provided to male inmates at the state prison…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. THE SALVATION ARMY

1:05-cv-00343 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2005

Closed Date: 2009

The EEOC's Boston area office sued The Salvation Army on September 30, 2005 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. The EEOC's complaint alleged that The Salvation Army violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it discriminated against a potential employee based on his disability (mental). The parties entered into a consent decree on October 6, 2005 which stipulated that the defendant would pay $5,000 in damages, revise and distribute its EEO policy, post a notic…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. CHOMERICS INC

1:97-cv-00408 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: Aug. 18, 1997

Closed Date: Aug. 25, 1998

In August 1997, the New York District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Chomerics, Inc., W.R. Grace & Co. - CT, and Parker Hannifin Corporation in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. The only document that is publicly available regarding this case is the docket; therefore, the exact allegations involved are unknown. In November 1997, a charging party intervened in the suit, and Parker Hannifin Corporation filed a motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter j…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. EDGE COMPANY, THE

1:02-cv-00018 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: Jan. 15, 2002

Closed Date: May 1, 2003

In January 2002, the New York District Office of the EEOC brought this lawsuit against The Edge Company and Retail Equity Partners, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. We do not have a copy of the complaint; therefore, the exact allegations involved are unknown. The complainant intervened in the lawsuit in April 2002. Following referral to mediation, the parties settled the lawsuit through a consent decree in May 2003. We do not have a copy of the consent decr…