MOORE, et al v. CHERTOFF

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:00-cv-00953

Court:

District Of Columbia

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Jobs

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Paul L. Friedman

Firms

  1. March 14, 2017

    Attys Seek $8M In Fees For Secret Service Race Bias Suit

    Counsel for a class of U.S. Secret Service special agents that settled allegations of racial bias with the federal government in January for $24 million asked a federal court Monday to award them $8 million in attorneys' fees for their work on the case over a nearly 17-year period.

  2. January 27, 2017

    Gov't, Secret Service Agents Settle Race Bias Suit For $24M

    The government has agreed to shell out $24 million to settle a nearly 17-year dispute over allegations of racial bias in the U.S. Secret Service, according to a proposed deal Thursday that would pay more than 100 class members who allege the government didn't promote African-American agents.

  3. May 05, 2016

    Gov't Pushes To Nix Secret Service Class Race Bias Claims

    The federal government on Thursday pushed for a D.C. federal judge to toss long-running class allegations of racial bias in the U.S. Secret Service, maintaining that the class could not prove that the promotions process as a whole resulted in fewer African-Americans being promoted.

  4. May 12, 2015

    Black Secret Service Agents Rip Bid To Nix Class Bias Claims

    The government's push to nix the class claims in a race bias suit brought by black Secret Service agents regurgitates flawed arguments that have already been addressed by the Washington federal court overseeing the case and should be rejected, the agents said Monday.

  5. March 26, 2015

    Feds Target Class Claims In Secret Service Race Bias Suit

    The U.S. government urged a Washington, D.C., federal court Wednesday to nix the class claims in a race bias case brought by black Secret Service agents, acknowledging the Secret Service's history is "not without blemish" but arguing that overall promotion rates show a commitment to equality. 

  6. February 27, 2013

    Secret Service Agents Win Class Cert. In Race Bias Suit

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Monday certified a class of African-American current and former special agents in a long-running dispute in which they allege that that the U.S. Secret Service engaged in a pattern of discrimination in promotions of black agents.

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