Case: EEOC, Hodgson, and U.S. v. AT&T

2:73-00149 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: 1973

Closed Date: 1979

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People

Judge(s)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Angus, James S (District of Columbia)

Carey, William (District of Columbia)

Attorney for Defendant

Ashley, George E. (New York)

Expert/Monitor/Master/Other

Brown, William H. III (Pennsylvania)

Cappello, Isabelle R. (District of Columbia)

Judge(s)

Gibbons, John Joseph (Pennsylvania)

Higginbotham, Aloyisus Leon Jr. (Pennsylvania)

Maris, Albert Branson (Pennsylvania)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Angus, James S (District of Columbia)

Carey, William (District of Columbia)

Connor, Terence G. (Florida)

Copus, David Allen (New Jersey)

Curran, Robert E.J. (District of Columbia)

Dix, Robbie III (District of Columbia)

Ferrand, Louis G. Jr. (District of Columbia)

Karnes, C. Daniel (District of Columbia)

Liebers, Donald E. (New York)

McGrew, Jane Lang (District of Columbia)

Myerson, Paul E. (Ohio)

Norman, David L. (District of Columbia)

Ollivierre, Ethel (District of Columbia)

Pottinger, J. Stanley (District of Columbia)

Robinson, William L. (District of Columbia)

Rose, David L. (District of Columbia)

Scanlan, James P. (District of Columbia)

Weiner, Louis (District of Columbia)

Wilson, Charles F. (Pennsylvania)

Zugschwerdt, David W. (District of Columbia)

Attorney for Defendant

Ashley, George E. (New York)

Cooper, Ronald S. (District of Columbia)

DeBois, James A. (New York)

Gartner, Lawrence (California)

Hutchinson, James D. (District of Columbia)

Levy, Harold (District of Columbia)

Markowitz, Louis (District of Columbia)

Powers, Thompson (District of Columbia)

Redick, Clark G. (Kansas)

Ryan, Charles (New York)

Satterfield, Lee A. (New York)

Segal, Irving R (District of Columbia)

Vought, Kimber E (District of Columbia)

Expert/Monitor/Master/Other

Brown, William H. III (Pennsylvania)

Cappello, Isabelle R. (District of Columbia)

Clauss, Carin Ann (Wisconsin)

Heckman, Karl W. (District of Columbia)

Kilberg, William (District of Columbia)

Schubert, Richard F (District of Columbia)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

	Document
2:73-00149	Docket EEOC v. AT&T	Jan. 28, 1979	Jan. 28, 1979 Docket
	Private Memorandum EEOC v. AT&T No Court	April 21, 1970	April 21, 1970 Internal memorandum
2:73-00149	From NWB Vice President of Personnel Speech	May 15, 1970	May 15, 1970 Other
2:73-00149	South Central Bell May 20, 1970 Memo	May 20, 1970	May 20, 1970 Internal memorandum
	The Utilization of Women in the Management of the Bell System (Diagnosis and Evaluation Team, Personnel Relations, American Telephone and Telegraph Co.) EEOC v. AT&T No Court	Aug. 1, 1970	Aug. 1, 1970 Findings Letter/Report
	Statement by H.I. Romnes, Chairman - American Telephone and Telegraph Company EEOC v. AT&T No Court	Dec. 11, 1970	Dec. 11, 1970 Transcript
	AT&T Files Interstate Rate Increase in Reduced Amount; Postpones Higher Increase - Public Notice EEOC v. AT&T No Court	Jan. 15, 1971	Jan. 15, 1971 Press Release
	Correspondence Re: Telephone Rate Increases (AT&T Transmittal 11027, Tarrif FCC 263) EEOC v. AT&T No Court	Jan. 19, 1971	Jan. 19, 1971 Correspondence
2:73-00149	Memorandum Opinion and Order No Court	Jan. 21, 1971	Jan. 21, 1971 Order/Opinion
2:73-00149	AT&T Internal Memo: Employees Utilization	Nov. 24, 1971	Nov. 24, 1971 Internal memorandum

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Resources

Title	Description		External URL Date / External URL
The Impact of the AT&T-EEO Consent Decree Herbert R. Northrup and John A. Larson	The consent decree agreed to in January 1973 by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Department of Justice, and t…	Jan. 1, 1979	Jan. 1, 1979 None
The Bellwomen: The Story of the Landmark AT&T Sex Discrimination Case Marjorie A. Stockford	In the early 1970s, a young, long-haired, liberal lawyer and his government colleagues clashed with the mature and staid executives of AT&T over the company’s treatment of its female and minority emp…	Jan. 1, 2004	Jan. 1, 2004 https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/...

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Case Details

State / Territory: Pennsylvania

Case Type(s):

Equal Employment

Special Collection(s):

Featured Historical Cases

Key Dates

Filing Date: 1973

Closing Date: 1979

Case Ongoing: No

Plaintiffs

Plaintiff Type(s):

Attorney Organizations:

Public Interest Lawyer: Yes

Filed Pro Se: No

Class Action Sought: No

Class Action Outcome: Not sought

Defendants

American Telephone and Telegraph Company (Philadelphia), Private Entity/Person

Defendant Type(s):

Case Details

Causes of Action:

Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201-219

Constitutional Clause(s):

Equal Protection

Available Documents:

Trial Court Docket

Complaint (any)

Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief

Any published opinion

Findings Letter/Report

Outcome

Prevailing Party: Plaintiff

Nature of Relief:

Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement

Source of Relief:

Form of Settlement:

Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree

Content of Injunction:

Discrimination Prohibition

Develop anti-discrimination policy

Order Duration: 1974 - 1979

Issues

Discrimination Area:

Disparate Treatment

Discrimination Basis:

Race discrimination

Sex discrimination

Affected Race(s):

Race, unspecified

Affected Sex/Gender(s):