Document Type
Article
Comments
This article appeared in The Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Volume 1, Issue 2, 429–458, July 2004.
Abstract
This article presents the full range of information that the Administrative Office’s data convey on federal employment discrimination litigation. From that information, the authors tell three stories about (1) bringing these claims, (2) their outcome in the district court, and (3) the effect of appeal. Each of these stories is a sad one for employment discrimination plaintiffs: relatively often, the numerous plaintiffs must pursue their claims all the way through trial, which is usually a jury trial; at both pretrial and trial these plaintiffs lose disproportionately often, in all the various types of employment discrimination cases; and employment discrimination litigants appeal more often than other litigants, with the defendants doing far better on those appeals than the plaintiffs.
Date of Authorship for this Version
7-2004
Keywords
Employment discrimination litigation
Recommended Citation
Clermont, Kevin M. and Schwab, Stewart J., "How Employment Discrimination Plaintiffs Fare in Federal Court" (2004). Cornell Law Faculty Publications. 1.
https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/lsrp_papers/1