Similar to the distribution of cases filed as shown in Table II, Table VIII shows that suits alleging discrimination based on sex account for the largest number (641) resolved over the five year period, with suits alleging retaliation constituting the second largest number resolved (427); the third largest number of suits resolved were those alleging race discrimination (297), with disability (292) the fourth largest number of suits resolved. The number of age cases resolved (205) is almost identical to the number filed (199); likewise the EPA cases resolved (35) are close to the number filed (40).

Table XIV: Staffing in Legal Units - FY 1997-2001
Table XIV shows the attorney staffing in each legal unit for each of the fiscal years 1997 through 2001.(4) The table includes Regional Attorneys, Supervisory Trial Attorneys and line or Trial Attorneys in each count. The lowest two years, FY 1997 (196 attorneys) and FY1998 (195 attorneys), were also the years in which the fewest number of class suits were filed (93 in FY 1997, Table III; 109 in FY 1998, Table IV). When more attorneys were hired in FY 1999 (248 total on board), the number of class cases filed rose to 129 (Table V). When the attorney numbers declined in FY 2000 (226), the number of class suits filed decreased to 106. Predictably, when additional attorneys were again hired in FY 2001 (248 total on board), the number of class suits filed increased also - 133 were filed in that fiscal year (Table VII).(5)