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Case Name	Hamilton v. City of Wilmington	EE-DE-0036
Docket / Court	1:00-cv-00635 ( D. Del. )
State/Territory	Delaware
Case Type(s)	Equal Employment
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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Defendant-type

Jurisdiction-wide

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1981
42 U.S.C. § 1983
State law

Case Details


Defendant(s)	City of Wilmington
Plaintiff Description	City of Wilmington employees who were excluded from benefits such as health care, pensions, paid sick days, paid vacation, and life insurance.
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	Yes
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	No
Nature of Relief	Attorneys fees Damages
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Case Closing Year	2003
Case Ongoing	No

Additional Resources


Case Studies	Megacases, Diversity, and the Elusive Goal of Workplace Reform Written: Mar. 01, 2008 By: Nancy Levit (University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law) Citation: 49 B.C. L. Rev. 367 (2008) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	Second Generation Employment Discrimination: A Structural Approach By: Susan Sturm (Columbia Law School) Citation: 101 Colum. L. Rev. 458 (2001) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]

Documents

Docket(s)

1:00-cv-635 (D. Del.)
EE-DE-0036-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 07/29/2003
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

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People


Judges	Sleet, Gregory Moneta Court not on record EE-DE-0036-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Bartoshesky, Phillip B. (Delaware) EE-DE-0036-9000
	Battaglia, Victor F. (Delaware) EE-DE-0036-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	James-Roberts, Brenda (Delaware) EE-DE-0036-9000
	McDonough, Kathleen F. (Delaware) EE-DE-0036-9000
	Streett, Diane C. (Delaware) EE-DE-0036-9000
	Voss, Wendy K. (Delaware) EE-DE-0036-9000