Case: United States v. Lee Way Motor Freight, Inc.

72-00445 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

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Case Summary

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.]. This is an early pattern-or-practice race discrimination lawsuit, brought by the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, in which Lee Way Motor Freight was ultimately found to have engaged in a pattern and practice of race discrimination throughout its operations and ordered to pay over $1.8 million in damages to individual discriminatees.

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72-00445	Opinion	Dec. 21, 1972	Dec. 21, 1972 Order/Opinion
72-00445	Opinion	Aug. 27, 1973	Aug. 27, 1973 Order/Opinion 1973 WL 199
72-00445	Opinion	Dec. 27, 1973	Dec. 27, 1973 Order/Opinion 1973 WL 279
72-00445	Opinion	Dec. 27, 1973	Dec. 27, 1973 Order/Opinion 1973 WL 278
72-00445	Final Judgment	Oct. 11, 1977	Oct. 11, 1977 Order/Opinion 1977 WL 14
72-00445	Opinion U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit	Sept. 21, 1979	Sept. 21, 1979 Order/Opinion 625 F.2d 918
72-00445	Attorneys and Law Firms	Sept. 29, 1980	Sept. 29, 1980 Order/Opinion 1980 WL 18620

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Title	Description		External URL Date / External URL
The Mystery of Race in America Richard J. Ritter	In this memoir, civil rights attorney Richard J. Ritter discusses his background and legal work, with particular focus on six "pattern or practice" race discrimination cases litigated during his time…	July 30, 2025	July 30, 2025

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Case Details

State / Territory:

Oklahoma

Case Type(s):

Equal Employment

Special Collection(s):

Civil Rights Division Archival Collection

Case Details

Other Dockets:

Western District of Oklahoma 72-00445

Recommended Citation

Case Summary of United States v. Lee Way Motor Freight, Inc., Civil Rights Litig. Clearinghouse, https://clearinghouse.net/case/47043/.