Dollar General's Dolgencorp LLC Files Lawsuit at Court of International Trade

A complaint listing Dolgencorp LLC as a plaintiff was filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade, with the docket entry showing the case was filed and docketed on Feb. 24, 2026. The one-sentence excerpt announcing the filing notes Dolgencorp LLC as the corporate entity that operates Dollar General stores, but the supplied text does not include a case number, judge, opposing party, counsel, or the relief sought.

The absence of those core docket details is notable because Dolgencorp appears as a defendant in a cluster of active matters. In New Jersey, Braun v. Dolgencorp LLC d/b/a Dollar General, Case No. MID-L-00950-25, is pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division - Middlesex County. That settlement proceeding lists a nationwide total settlement amount of $8.5 million, a final hearing scheduled March 19, 2026, and a claims deadline of April 13, 2026. The settlement administrator is handling claims at P.O. Box 58220, Philadelphia, PA 19102, via info@DGPriceSettlement.com and 1-844-262-4248, and the notice includes the line, "Do not be alarmed. You are NOT being sued."

Separately, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought EEOC v. Dolgencorp, LLC in the Northern District of Alabama as Case No. 2:17-cv-01649-MHH after an investigation by the EEOC’s Birmingham District Office. The EEOC sued on behalf of a class that included 498 applicants who were required to divulge family medical history and another class of qualified applicants whose offers were rescinded based on impairments. The agency announced that Dolgencorp agreed to pay $1 million and provide other relief to settle the suit, and the record states that Dollar General discontinued its practice of requiring pre-employment medical exams for the Bessemer, Alabama distribution center roles after the lawsuit was filed. The EEOC summary quotes specific alleged practices, including demands for family medical histories such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease and rescinded offers for applicants with blood pressure exceeding 160/100 or less than 20/50 vision in one eye.

In Pennsylvania, the Office of Attorney General under David W. Sunday, Jr. filed or is enforcing an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County against Dolgencorp, LLC and Dollar General Corporation. The document describes Dolgencorp as a Kentucky limited liability company with principal place of business at 100 Mission Ridge, Goodlettsville, Tennessee 37072, and states respondents operate over 900 retail stores in the Commonwealth and "use shelf tags to display the price of goods at their stores." The excerpt truncates before the full register-pricing allegations and the terms of the Assurance are shown.

A separate personal-injury action, Bates v. Dolgencorp, LLC, was removed to the U.S. Middle District of Florida and appears on federal docket 5:26-cv-00148, filed Feb. 25, 2026, with plaintiff Iris E. Bates and defendant counsel listed as Law Office Of Russell F. Bergin, PA. The Radar listing classifies the case as Torts - Personal Injury - Other and supplies no factual allegations in the snippet.

Taken together, the Feb. 24, 2026 Court of International Trade filing places Dolgencorp on the offensive in at least one federal forum while the company remains on the defensive in consumer, employment, and personal-injury matters across New Jersey, Alabama, Pennsylvania, and Florida. The public dockets for the Court of International Trade filing and the other listed matters will be the next source for the missing complaint text, case numbers, and precise remedies.