Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Parish Water Work's Co.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge:

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed this suit in the Eastern District of Louisiana, which holds court in New Orleans, alleging racial discrimination in employment practices by the defendants in their operations in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Baton Rouge is in the Middle District of Louisiana. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss for improper venue, claiming that, since the alleged unlawful practices took place in the Middle District of Louisiana, the action could not be brought in the Eastern District. Relying on the language of the statute, which…