ACKIE v. PHILADELPHIA GAS WORKS et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:19-cv-04275

Court:

Pennsylvania Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Employment

Judge:

GERALD J. PAPPERT

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  1. June 11, 2021

    Philly Utility Escapes Black Workers' Race Bias Suits

    A Pennsylvania federal court tossed four related cases brought by employees who sued both Philadelphia Gas Works and a union local claiming the utility treated African American employees worse than white workers, saying nothing they claimed rose to the level of illegal discrimination under federal law.

  2. November 30, 2020

    Philly Utility Fights Bid To Remove Judge From Bias Suit

    Philadelphia Gas Works challenged a Black employee's bid to disqualify a Pennsylvania federal judge from his suit alleging race bias, saying Monday he's failed to prove the judge's bias or provide a valid reason why the judge shouldn't continue to oversee proceedings.

  3. November 16, 2020

    Utility Worker Wants Judge DQ'd For Time As Cozen Partner

    A Black worker suing Philadelphia Gas Works for race bias has moved to disqualify the Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing his case, saying the judge failed to reveal that he had represented PGW when he was a Cozen O'Connor shareholder.