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Case Name	EEOC v. DHL EXPRESS (USA), INC.	EE-OH-0023
Docket / Court	06CV02371 ( N.D. Ohio )
State/Territory	Ohio
Case Type(s)	Equal Employment
Special Collection	EEOC Study -- in sample
Attorney Organization	EEOC
Case Summary	The Philadelphia district office of the EEOC brought this suit against DHL Express (USA), Inc., a major national shipping company, in September 2006, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. The complaint alleged that DHL had refused to hire a fifty-three year old applicant ... read more > The Philadelphia district office of the EEOC brought this suit against DHL Express (USA), Inc., a major national shipping company, in September 2006, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. The complaint alleged that DHL had refused to hire a fifty-three year old applicant because of his age, in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. DHL filed a motion for summary judgment in September 2007, which was granted in November 2007. In January 2008, the EEOC gave notice of appeal. The appeal is still ongoing in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit as of April 22, 2008, and its appellate docket number is 08-03143. Shankar Viswanathan - 05/30/2008 compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Discrimination-area

Hiring

Discrimination-basis

Age discrimination

EEOC-centric

Direct Suit on Merits

General

Disparate Treatment

Plaintiff Type

EEOC Plaintiff

Causes of Action

Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq.

Case Details


Defendant(s)	DHL Express (USA), 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	2007
Case Ongoing	No

Additional Resources


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	Age Discrimination Class Action seeks Fair Employment for Older PwC Applicants http://www.pwcagecase.com/ Date: Apr. 27, 2016 By: Outten & Golden [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	Smith Barney Gender Discrimination https://www.lieffcabraser.com/employment/smith-barney/ Date: August 2008 By: Outten & Golden [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	Megacases, Diversity, and the Elusive Goal of Workplace Reform Date: Mar. 1, 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)

1:06-cv-02371-PAG (N.D. Ohio) EE-OH-0023-9000.pdf \| Detail Date: 02/19/2008 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
08-3143 (U.S. Court of Appeals) EE-OH-0023-9001.pdf \| Detail Date: 03/12/2008

General Documents

Complaint EE-OH-0023-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/29/2006
Memorandum of Opinion and Order [Granting Summary Judgment] (2007 WL 4125922) (N.D. Ohio) EE-OH-0023-0002.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 11/20/2007

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