Criminal penalties
United States Code
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- 2026Ritter N.D. Ohio
- 2025Anderson v. DHHS/Central Regional Hospital E.D.N.C.
- 2024Drew v. McGriff Insurance Services, Inc. S.D. Tex.
- 2024Langley v. State of Rhode Island Department of Corrections D.R.I.
- 2013Trachtenberg v. Department of Education S.D.N.Y.
- 2013McCombs v. Federal Express Corp. N.D. Ind.
- 2011Daniels v. United Parcel Service, Inc. D. Kan.
- 2008National Community Reinvestment Coalition v. Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co. D.D.C.
- 2005Moorehead v. New York City Transit Authority S.D.N.Y.
- 2005Xuelin Zhuang v. Datacard Corp. 8th Cir.
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Whoever shall forcibly resist, oppose, impede, intimidate or interfere with a duly authorized representative of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission while it is engaged in the performance of duties under this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both: Provided, however, That no person shall be imprisoned under this section except when there has been a prior conviction hereunder. (Source: (Pub. L. 90–202, § 10, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 605; 1978 Reorg. Plan No. 1, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1979, 43 F.R. 19807, 92 Stat. 3781.))