Civil Rights - Featured Cases
- Reisinger v. City of Wilkes Barre et al
Pennsylvania Middle District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: February 2, 2009
Plaintiff: Joseph R. Reisinger; Defendant: City of Wilkes Barre, Thomas Leighton, Frances Kratz, Gregory Barrouk, Michael Kermec and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 21, 2009
(April 20, 2009) - SHARRATT v. MURTHA
Pennsylvania Western District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: September 25, 2008
Plaintiff: JUSTIN SHARRATT; Defendant: JOHN MURTHA
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 21, 2009
(April 20, 2009) - Smith v. National Basketball Association, Inc. et al
New York Southern District Court
None
Filed: September 10, 2008
Plaintiff: Annette Smith; Defendant: National Basketball Association, Inc., Bernard Tolbert
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 19, 2009
(April 18, 2009) - ProtectMarriage.com - Yes on 8, a Project of California Renewal et al v. Bowen et al
California Eastern District Court
Defendant
Filed: January 7, 2009
Plaintiff: ProtectMarriage.com - Yes on 8, a Project of California Renewal, National Organization for Marriage California - Yes on 8, Sponsored by National Organization for Marriage; Defendant: Debra Bowen, Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Dean C Logan, Department of Elections - City and County of San Francisco, Jan Scully and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 18, 2009
(April 17, 2009) - Tagore v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Texas Southern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: January 6, 2009
Plaintiff: Kawaljeet K. Tagore; Defendant: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 17, 2009
(April 16, 2009) - Leavey v. Detroit, City of et al
Michigan Eastern District Court
Civil Rights: Jobs
Filed: April 7, 2009
Plaintiff: Kathleen Leavey Defendant: Detroit, City of, Thirty Sixth District Court, Marylin E. Atkins
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 8, 2009
(April 7, 2009) - Ostergren v. McDonnell
Plaintiff Betty J. Ostergren challenged a Virginia statute that prohibited individuals from disseminating public records containing Social Security Numbers.
Virginia Eastern District Court
None
Filed: June 11, 2008
Plaintiff: Betty J. Ostergren; Defendant: Robert F. McDonnell
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 8, 2009
(April 7, 2009) - Scherfen et al v. United States Department of Homeland Security et al
Plaintiffs Erich Scherfen and Rubina Tareen alleged that Defendants' failed to provide any procedural due process to allow Plaintiffs to contest their continued designation on terrorist watch lists. Plaintiffs also alleged that Defendants selected and maintained Plaintiffs on the watch lists because of their Muslim faith and attendant religious activities.
Pennsylvania Middle District Court
None
Filed: August 19, 2008
Plaintiff: Erich Scherfen, Rubina Tareen; Defendant: United States Department of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert S. Mueller, III, United States Department of Justice and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 8, 2009
(April 7, 2009) - TAIT et al v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court
None
Filed: July 2, 2008
Plaintiff: MICHAEL TAIT, JOSHUA SILVER, ANN BOULAIS; Defendant: CITY OF PHILADELPHIA
Last Docket Report Change Found: March 30, 2009
(March 29, 2009) - HACKBART v. THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH et al
Plaintiff Hackbart alleges that Defendants the City of Pittsburgh and Sargeant Brian Elledge violated his rights under the First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States by engaging in custom, pattern, practice and/or policy of authorizing its officers to issue citations under Pennsylvania’s disorderly conduct statute based upon the use of profane, but not obscene, language and gestures which are expressions protected by the First Amendment. Plaintiff further alleged that the City fails to appropriately train, supervise and discipline officers who issue disorderly conduct citations in violation of citizens’ rights of free expression.
Pennsylvania Western District Court
Civil Rights: Other
Filed: February 8, 2007
Plaintiff: DAVID HACKBART; Defendant: THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH, BRIAN ELLEDGE
Last Docket Report Change Found: March 25, 2009
(March 24, 2009) - Wagner v. Jones
Iowa Southern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: January 20, 2009
Plaintiff: Teresa R. Wagner; Defendant: Carolyn Jones
Last Docket Report Change Found: January 23, 2009
(January 22, 2009) - Summa v. Detlefs et al
New York Southern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: December 8, 2008
Plaintiff: Stacey Summa; Defendant: Edward Detlefs, Anthony Marraccini, The Town/Village of Harrison, New York
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 10, 2008
(December 9, 2008) - Ault et al v. Walt Disney World Co.
Florida Middle District Court
Civil Rights: Americans with Disabilities - Other
Filed: November 9, 2007
Plaintiff: Mahala Ault, Stacie Rhea, Dan Wallace; Defendant: Walt Disney World Co.
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 8, 2008
(December 7, 2008) - Nieto v. Flatau, et al
North Carolina Eastern District Court
None
Filed: November 10, 2008
Plaintiff: Jesse Nieto; Defendant: Colonel Richard Flatau, Jr. USMC, Lieutenant Colonel James Hessen, USMC
Last Docket Report Change Found: November 18, 2008
(November 17, 2008) - AUSMAN et al v BROWNING
Florida Northern District Court
Civil Rights: Voting
Filed: December 7, 2007
Last Docket Report Change Found: November 11, 2008
(November 10, 2008) - Doe et al v. Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate et al
Hawaii District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: August 6, 2008
Plaintiff: Jacob Doe, Karl Doe, Lisa Doe, Janet Doe; Defendant: Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, Nainoa Thompson, Diane J. Plotts, Corbett A.K. Kalama, Robert K.U. Kihune and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 30, 2008
(October 29, 2008) - Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now et al v. Scott et al
Missouri Western District Court
Defendant
Filed: April 23, 2008
Plaintiff: Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Dionne O'Neal; Defendant: Deborah E. Scott, Janel R Luck, Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners, Melodie A Powell, Joseph D Serrano and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 24, 2008
(October 23, 2008) - First Vagabonds Church of God et al v. City of Orlando, Florida
Florida Middle District Court
Civil Rights: Other
Filed: October 12, 2006
Plaintiff: First Vagabonds Church of God, First Vagabonds Church of God, Brian Nichols, Brian Nichols, Orlando Food Not Bombs and others... Defendant: City of Orlando, Florida, City of Orlando, Florida, City of Orlando, Florida Amicus: National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
Last Docket Report Change Found: September 29, 2008
(September 28, 2008) - TOWNSEND, REGGIE v. FUCHS, LARRY
Wisconsin Western District Court
Prisoner: Civil Rights
Filed: April 21, 2005
Plaintiff: REGGIE TOWNSEND, REGGIE TOWNSEND Defendant: JERRY ALLEN, JERRY ALLEN, JERRY ALLEN
Last Docket Report Change Found: September 19, 2008
(September 18, 2008) - John and Jane Does v. Thacker et al
Pro se complaint that public library is setting unnecessarily short time limits on users of Internet terminals.
Florida Middle District Court
Civil Rights: Other
Filed: September 28, 2007
Plaintiff: Laura Thacker, John and Jane Does Defendant: Hillsborough County Library Cooperative, Hillsborough County Library
Last Docket Report Change Found: September 4, 2008
(September 3, 2008)