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Case Name	EEOC v. Commercial Dispatch Publishing Company	EE-MS-0007
Docket / Court	1:98-cv-00091-GHD ( N.D. Miss. )
State/Territory	Mississippi
Case Type(s)	Equal Employment
Special Collection	EEOC Study -- in sample
Attorney Organization	EEOC
Case Summary	The Birmingham Office of the EEOC filed this action in the District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. The Defendant was Commercial Dispatching Company, Inc., a company involved in newspaper publishing. The lawsuit was filed in March 1998 and ended when the court dismissed the case ... read more > The Birmingham Office of the EEOC filed this action in the District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. The Defendant was Commercial Dispatching Company, Inc., a company involved in newspaper publishing. The lawsuit was filed in March 1998 and ended when the court dismissed the case with prejudice in September 1999 for unknown reasons. The complainant did not intervene in the case. The docket was the only information available so it is unknown what the allegations were. Kevin Wilemon - 07/22/2007 compress summary

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Case Details


Defendant(s)	Commercial Dispatch Publishing Company, Inc.
Plaintiff Description	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	EEOC
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Prevailing Party	Defendant
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	None
Source of Relief	None
Case Closing Year	1998
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 ]

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Docket(s)

1:98-cv-00091-GHD (N.D. Miss.)
EE-MS-0007-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 01/22/2004
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

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