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Company: Costco Wholesale
Current Parent Company: Costco
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Penalty: $200,000
Year: 2005
Date: October 19, 2005
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: employment discrimination
Secondary Offense: racial discrimination
Violation Description: Racial retaliation. The verdict was upheld in 2007 by the 3rd Circuit in ruling nos. 05-5134 and 06-1690.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 2:04-cv-3860
Case Name: Ridley v. Costco Wholesale Corp.
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: verdict
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Washington
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.