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JAIL CONDITIONS
Pritchard v. County of Erie

1:04-cv-00534 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: July 21, 2004

Closed Date: Feb. 22, 2018

On October 31, 2003, three plaintiffs represented by private attorneys with law firms in New York and Washington, D.C., filed this class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. They alleged that the Erie County Sheriff's Department had an unconstitutional blanket policy and/or practice of strip searching all individuals who entered either the Erie County Holding Center or the Erie County Correctional Facility, r…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Lovely H. v. Eggleston

1:05-cv-06920 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 2005

On August 3, 2005, a group of people with disabilities filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the New York Human Resources Administration (NYHRA). The complaint was brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and 42 U.S.C. §1983, alleging violation of these Acts, as well as the Due Process Clauses of the U.S. and New York Constitutions and the New York State and City civil rights statutes and regul…
POLICING
CODING IN PROCESS
Phillips v. City of New York

1:21-cv-08149 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2021

Case Ongoing

None
POLICING
CODING IN PROCESS
Schiller v. City of New York

1:04-cv-07922 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 7, 2004

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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Walker v. The City of New York

1:17-cv-03234 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: May 30, 2017

Case Ongoing

This is a case alleging discrimination and mistreatment based on disability committed by the New York Police Department (NYPD) and New York Department of Corrections, and several officers of each, in the arrest and detention of individuals with physical disabilities. On April 10, 2015, plaintiff, who uses a wheelchair, was arrested in his home and taken to Brooklyn Central Booking (BCB). During his 42-hour detention, he was deprived of his wheelchair and any accommodation to access food, water,…
EDUCATION
CODING IN PROCESS
YU Pride Alliance v. Yeshiva University

154010/2021 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: April 26, 2021

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research this case.) This is a case alleging that Yeshiva University violated New York City Human Rights Law by refusing to officially recognize YU Pride Alliance, an an unofficial undergraduate student organization forLGBTQ students and their allies.
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Liu v. Donna Karan International, Inc.

1:00-cv-04221 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: June 7, 2000

Closed Date: 2007

On June 7, 2000, a group of Chinese immigrant garment workers filed a lawsuit against their employers in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 216(b) and the New York Minimum Wage Act, N.Y. Lab. Law § 650 et seq. Plaintiffs, who were represented by attorneys for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, alleged that they worked 80 hour, were paid below minimum wage and were not paid overtime. Th…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Guzman v. VLM Inc.

1:07-cv-01126 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: March 16, 2007

Closed Date: 2010

On March 16, 2007, employees of VLM, Inc., most from Pakistan and Central and South America, filed a class action lawsuit against VLM in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the New York Labor Law. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for monetary relief, alleging they were owed overtime pay. Specifically, the plaintiffs claimed that VLM had engaged in a policy and practice of requiring thei…
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…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Kassman v. KPMG LLP

1:11-cv-03743 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: June 2, 2011

Case Ongoing

On June 2, 2011, a female former manager filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against KPMG LLP, a large accounting and professional services firm. The plaintiff asserted claims of gender discrimination under the Equal Pay Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and state and local laws. Represented by private counsel, she sought permanent injunctive relief and damages for gender-based employment discrimination. The case was as…