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

72-cv-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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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

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Western District of Oklahoma 72-cv-00445