Legal Opinion
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. E.J. Sacco, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided June 30, 2000No. 98-CV-75627-DTPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTIONS FOR SANCTIONS, COSTS, & ATTORNEY FEES
CLELAND, District Judge.
I. Background
This case presented the court with a groundless prosecution based on demonstrably false claims made by a powerful government agency. Wholly illusory racial discrimination charges were filed by the federal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) against a small business in central Michigan in the wake of an attempted embezzlement of store proceeds one October afternoon in 1997.
Pending before the court are three related motions filed by defendant requesting various costs, attorney…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Business Guides, Inc. v. Chromatic Communications Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Stephen Michael Ridder v. City of Springfield, Clark CountyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
- H. K. Porter Company, Inc., Cross-Appellant v. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
- Bill Call Ford, Inc., and Mid-Ohio Ford Jeep Eagle, Inc. v. Ford Motor CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
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