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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Sweet v. Cardona

3:19-cv-03674 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 25, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the government’s inaction in the process of “borrower defenses,” in which the borrowers of federal student loans can request to cancel their loans based on the school’s misconduct. At the time of filing, more than 160,000 former college students are awaiting a decision on their borrower defenses.  On June 25, 2019, seven students filed this class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued the United States…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

Affirmed

PUBLIC HOUSING
Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority

1:66-cv-01459 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 1966

Case Ongoing

Filed in 1966 and still ongoing as of 2022, this is one of the most significant housing desegregation cases ever, leading to the nation's first desegregative housing mobility voucher program. In collaboration with BPI, the Chicago public interest organization that has for decades represented the plaintiffs in this case, the Clearinghouse has acquired and posted the full litigation record—over 2100 documents, all told.  About 230 "core" documents are set to display here; if you click on "show mo…
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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v. Alexander

3:21-cv-03302 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: Oct. 12, 2021

Closed Date: Aug. 1, 2024

This case is about citizens of South Carolina challenging the constitutionality of election district apportionment, redistricting, and gerrymandering in their state. On October 12, 2021, the South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and a private plaintiff, represented by the ACLU and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. The defendants in the case were South Carolina's Governor, state legislators, and the members of t…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
A.R. v. Dudek

0:12-cv-60460 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: March 13, 2012

Case Ongoing

On March 13, 2012, a number of medically fragile children or children who needed skilled care services filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. They sued the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration and the Florida Department of Health, as well as eQHealth, a Louisiana non-profit corporation that contracted with the other defendant entities to make medical necessity determinations. The plaintiffs were represented by private counsel, the Florida St…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Copeland v. Jones

4:15-cv-00452 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Sept. 16, 2015

Case Ongoing

On September 16, 2015, the Florida Justice Institute filed this class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on behalf of 2,000 inmates in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. The complaint alleged that the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC), and their medical services contractor Corizon LLC, had denied hernia surgeries to prisoners to save money, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The plaintiffs sought both a preliminary and permanent injunction requiring the d…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
United States v. Consolidated City of Jacksonville

3:12-cv-00451 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: April 23, 2012

Case Ongoing

On April 23, 2012, the United States on behalf of black firefighters filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and against the Consolidated City of Jacksonville, FL and the union representing its firefighters. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief as well as monetary compensation, alleging that the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department's practice of testing to screen and select candidates fo…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
United States v. Hawaii

1:91-cv-00137 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: March 3, 1991

Closed Date: 2006

On March 3, 1991, the United States filed a lawsuit under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997, against the State of Hawaii, the Hawaii Department of Health, and Hawaii State Hospital (HSH), in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, Hawaii Division. The government asked the court for injunctive relief, alleging that the defendants were depriving HSH residents of their constitutional rights, privileges or immunities. Specifically, the governm…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Dare v. Knox County

2:02-cv-00251 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2002

On December 17, 2002, a pre-trial detainee filed a class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, challenging the Knox County Sheriff's policies, practices, and customs concerning the use of strip searches and visual body cavity searches in Knox County Jail. Plaintiff alleged that officers subjected detainees in their custody to strip and visual body cavity searches regardless of the crime charged and without having reasona…
EDUCATION
Flores v. Arizona

4:92-cv-00596 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Aug. 20, 1992

Closed Date: Aug. 7, 2015

This school funding case was filed on August 20, 1992 in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. The plaintiffs, several students and their parents, claimed that the state failed to adequately fund programs for English language learners (ELLs). In 2000, the district court found that state's method and level of funding ELL programs was "arbitrary and capricious" and ordered that the level of state funding for ELL programs bear a rational relationship to the cost of those …
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Richard S. v. Dept. of Developmental Services of California

8:97-cv-00219 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: March 20, 1997

Closed Date: 2005

On March 20, 1997, Richard S. filed a class-action lawsuit and an application for a temporary restraining order in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against the Department of Developmental Services for the State of California and Fairview Developmental Center. Richard S. was a resident of Fairview and was represented by a private attorney. William Cable, M.D. served as guardian ad litem for the class members, developmentally disabled clients without conserv…