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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Porter

2:77-cv-01164 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 1977

Closed Date: July 2, 1982

This case involved allegations of misconduct against Officer Baranyai, a policeman of the Borough of Millvale. On October 6, 1977, the Attorney General of Pennsylvania filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against Officer Baranyai and the Millvale chief of police, mayor, and borough council. Filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the complaint sought injunctive relief prohibiting defendants from violating the constitutional rights of the residents of Millva…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection v. Townstone Financial, Inc.

1:20-cv-04176 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 15, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 7, 2024

This is a case about race-based discouragement in mortgage lending in violation of federal consumer protection and anti-discrimination laws.  On July 15, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. The Bureau sued Townstone Financial, Inc., a Chicago-based mortgage lender, and its owner, Barry Sturner, under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), its implementing regulation (Regula…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Castaneda v. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement

2:25-cv-05209 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 7, 2025

Closed Date: June 13, 2025

This case challenges alleged unlawful immigration enforcement practices, specifically the sharp rise in immigration raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in California since November 2024. On June 7, 2025, the Director of the California Association of Family Services filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against ICE, the Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, President Trump, and t…

Case Is Ongoing

FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Louis v. SafeRent Solutions, LLC

1:22-cv-10800 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: May 25, 2022

This case pertains to a tenant-screening algorithm that allegedly reinforced racial and economic discrimination in rental housing access.  On May 25, 2022, the plaintiffs—two Black women who held federally funded housing vouchers—filed this class action lawsuit against SafeRent Solutions, LLC, a tenant-screening company, and Metropolitan Management Group, LLC, a property manager that used SafeRent’s screening services. The Community Action Agency of Somerville (CAAS), a nonprofit that assists l…
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Wilkins v. City of Chicago

1:23-cv-04072 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: June 26, 2023

This is a case about the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) alleged pattern and practice of race-based and discriminatory police practices in traffic stops conducted since 2016. On June 26, 2023, five plaintiffs who had been repeatedly stopped by CPD officers, on what they claimed was limited suspicion, filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiffs alleged unlawful race and national origin discrimination in violation of …
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Asante-Chioke v. Dowdle

2:22-cv-04587 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Nov. 18, 2022

This is a case about whether police officers used excessive force on a Black man experiencing a mental health crisis. The complaint alleged the following facts. On November 21, 2021, local and state police officers in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana responded to an alert that there was a 52-year-old Black man walking along a highway. The man appeared to be visibly distressed and was carrying in his hands what were later identified to be a gun and a knife. Upon arriving on the scene, the officers in…
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State of California v. City of Vallejo

CU23-04676 | California state trial court

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 2023

This case involved alleged incidents of police misconduct by officers in the Vallejo Police Department (“VPD”). On October 16, 2023, the California Attorney General filed suit to further reform the VPD following the department’s failure to fully comply with an earlier agreement. Brought in the County of Solano Superior Court, the lawsuit named the VPD and the City of Vallejo (“City”) as defendants. Under California state law, the Attorney General was empowered to sue police departments that all…
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State of California v. City of Maywood

BC416522 | California state trial court

Filed Date: June 25, 2009

Closed Date: Dec. 23, 2010

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On April 28, 2009, the California Attorney General released a report finding that the City of Maywood Police Department had routinely used excessive force, did not obtain probable cause for arrests and searches, and operated without adequate oversight. On June 23, 2009, the Maywood City Council approved a stipulated court order that would end the “widespread abuse and gross misconduct” exposed over the course of a 16-month investigation.
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California v. Stockton Unified School District

34-2019-00248766 | California state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 18, 2019

Closed Date: April 11, 2024

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On January 22, 2019, the California Department of Justice ("DOJ") entered into a settlement agreement with the Stockton Unified School District ("District") and its police department to address system-wide violations of civil and constitutional rights of African American and Latino students and students with disabilities. The agreement resulted from a comprehensive investigation conducted by the DOJ into the law enforcement referral pract…
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Bailey v. City of Philadelphia

2:10-cv-05952 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Nov. 4, 2010

On November 4, 2010, eight African-American male residents of Philadelphia filled this class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia division ("PPD"). The plaintiffs sued the City of Philadelphia and individual police officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Pennsylvania state law. The putative class, represented by the ACLU of Pennsylvania and private attorneys, sought injunctive and compens…