USA v. City Of Houston

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Case overview

Case Number:

4:18-cv-00644

Court:

Texas Southern

Nature of Suit:

442(Civil Rights: Jobs)

Judge:

Judge Sim Lake

Firms

  1. October 26, 2020

    Houston Settles DOJ's 'Egregious' Firehouse Harassment Suit

    The city of Houston will shell out $275,000 to wrap up a suit claiming male firefighters befouled female colleagues' living space with trash and sexist graffiti as part of an effort to keep their station exclusively male, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday.

  2. February 28, 2018

    DOJ Sues Houston Over Harassment Of Female Firefighters

    Sex-based and racial slurs, death threats and urine on the walls of the women's bathroom — according to a discrimination lawsuit the federal government filed Wednesday in Texas federal court, two former female firefighters in Houston were forced to put up with all that and more while working for the city.

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