EEOC Litigation Dataset

The EEOC Litigation Project collects and analyzes data on federal court litigation brought from fiscal years 1997 to 2006, inclusive, by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency charged with enforcing the laws forbidding discrimination by private employers on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, and disability. The data capture various aspects of the agency's litigation activities, including detailed information regarding the participants, motions, events, and outcomes.

These data provide comprehensive documentation of the EEOC's litigation activity and the relief (both monetary and injunctive) obtained over a ten-year period of time. The dataset includes all types of court decisions (published and unpublished, final and non-final, written and summary) and records all kinds of outcomes (default, settlement, pretrial adjudication, judgment after trial).