Case: EEOC v. SINCLAIR OIL CORPORATION dba SUN VALLEY COMPANY

1:01-cv-00499 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 2001

Closed Date: July 29, 2002

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Case Summary

In September 2001, the EEOC's Seattle District Office brought this suit against Sinclair Oil Corporation, d/b/a Sun Valley Company, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. The complaint alleged that the defendant violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by failing to rehire the charging party, a female employee, because she had participated in an internal sexual harassment investigation. In December 2001, the charging party intervened in the suit. After a failed motio…

Under the two-year decree, which contained non-discrimination and non-retaliation provisions, the defendant agreed to: maintain its EEO policy and internal Title VII compliance procedures, post an EEOC-provided Title VII compliance notice, provide the charging party with a neutral reference, expunge the charging party's personnel file of all references to discrimination, provide EEOC-approved managerial Title VII training, report to the EEOC at specified intervals, and pay $30,000 to the charging party.

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Summary Authors

Michele Marxkors (6/4/2007)

People

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Judge(s)

Winmill, Barry Lynn (Idaho)

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Winmill, Barry Lynn (Idaho)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

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1:01-cv-00499	Docket (PACER) EEOC v. Sinclair Oil Corporation	July 29, 2002	July 29, 2002 Docket
1 1:01-cv-00499	Complaint EEOC v. Sinclair Oil Corporation	Sept. 26, 2001	Sept. 26, 2001 Complaint
14 1:01-cv-00499	Order EEOC v. Sinclair Oil Corporation	Dec. 13, 2001	Dec. 13, 2001 Order/Opinion
18 1:01-cv-00499	Complaint in Intervention and Demand for Jury Trial EEOC v. Sinclair Oil Corporation	Jan. 7, 2002	Jan. 7, 2002 Complaint
30 1:01-cv-00499	Consent Decree EEOC v. Sinclair Oil Corporation	July 29, 2002	July 29, 2002 Settlement Agreement

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Under the Radar: Visibility and the Effects of Discrimination Lawsuits in Small and Large Firms Carly Knight, Frank Dobbin, Alexandra Kalev	Research on how discrimination lawsuits affect corporate diversity has yielded mixed results. Qualitative studies highlight the limited efficacy of lawsuits in the typical workplace, finding that lit…	March 2022	April 1, 2022 https://cris.tau.ac.il/...

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Docket

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ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
1	COMPLAINT (Summons(es) issued) (jml) (Entered: 09/27/2001)	Sept. 26, 2001	Sept. 26, 2001 Clearinghouse
2	NOTICE of Availability of Magistrate Judge and Requirement for Consent sent to counsel for plaintiff re complaint [1-1] (jml)	Sept. 27, 2001	Sept. 27, 2001
3	RETURN OF SERVICE/PROCESS executed upon def Sinclair Oil Corp through atty R. Wade Curtis on 10/9/01 (wm) (Entered: 10/22/2001)	Oct. 19, 2001	Oct. 19, 2001
4	MOTION by pla to intervene (wm)	Oct. 29, 2001	Oct. 29, 2001
5	MEMORANDUM by pla in support of motion to intervene [4-1] (wm)	Oct. 29, 2001	Oct. 29, 2001
6	MOTION by def for attorney Steven C Bednar, Sean A Monson to appear pro hac vice (wm) (Entered: 11/02/2001)	Oct. 30, 2001	Oct. 30, 2001
7	ORDER granting motion for attorney Steven C Bednar, Sean A Monson to appear pro hac vice [6-1] (cc: all counsel) (wm)	Nov. 2, 2001	Nov. 2, 2001
8	NOTICE OF ATTORNEY SUBSTITUTION: terminating attorney Wesley Katahira for EEOC and substituting attorney John F Stanley (wm) (Entered: 11/07/2001)	Nov. 5, 2001	Nov. 5, 2001
9	ANSWER by def Sinclair Oil Corp (wm) (Entered: 11/16/2001)	Nov. 13, 2001	Nov. 13, 2001
10	NOTICE of Availability of Magistrate Judge and Requirement for Consent sent to counsel for def Sinclair Oil Corp re answer [9-1] (wm)	Nov. 16, 2001	Nov. 16, 2001
11	NOTICE OF STATUS CONFERENCE ; Telephonic Status Conference set for 10:00 12/20/01 before BLW in Boise (wm)	Nov. 29, 2001	Nov. 29, 2001
12	STIPULATED MOTION by pla to intervene and to file complaint in intervention (wm) Modified on 12/07/2001	Dec. 7, 2001	Dec. 7, 2001
13	STIPULATED SCHEDULING CONFERENCE FORM - LITIGATION PLAN (wm) (Entered: 12/12/2001)	Dec. 11, 2001	Dec. 11, 2001
14	ORDER by Honorable B. Lynn Winmill finding moot the motion to intervene [4-1], granting motion to intervene and to file complaint in intervention [12-1] (cc: all counsel) (wm)	Dec. 13, 2001	Dec. 13, 2001 Clearinghouse
15	NOTICE OF ATTORNEY APPEARANCE for def by Trudy H Fouser (wm) (Entered: 12/14/2001)	Dec. 13, 2001	Dec. 13, 2001
16	SCHEDULING ORDER by Honorable B. Lynn Winmill ; Telephonic Status Conference held 12/20/01 ; Discovery ddl set for 8/30/02 ; Disp Motion ddl set 9/27/02 ; Jury Trial set for 2/24/03 at 1:30 ; Pretrial Conference set for 2/11/03 at 9:00 ; In-court hearing set for 5/16/02 at 1:30 Matters of discovery referred to Judge Mikel H. Williams , Non- dispositive motions referred to Judge Mikel H. Williams (cc: all counsel) (wm) (Entered: 12/26/2001)	Dec. 20, 2001	Dec. 20, 2001
18	INTERVENOR'S COMPLAINT by intervenor-plaintiff Jennifer Crick (wm) (Entered: 01/09/2002)	Jan. 7, 2002	Jan. 7, 2002 Clearinghouse
17	APPLICATION AND ORDER FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE - intervenor represented by Stephen L Farnell wm (wm)	Jan. 9, 2002	Jan. 9, 2002
20	ANSWER by intervenor defs Sinclair Oil Corp, Mike Federko, Amy Federko, Sun Valley Company (wm)	Jan. 24, 2002	Jan. 24, 2002
21	NOTICE of Availability of Magistrate Judge and Requirement for Consent sent to counsel for intv dfs Sinclair Oil Corp, Mike Federko, Amy Federko, Sun Valley Company re answer [20-1] (wm)	Jan. 24, 2002	Jan. 24, 2002
22	NOTICE OF NAME CHANGE by def (wm) (Entered: 02/07/2002)	Feb. 6, 2002	Feb. 6, 2002
23	MOTION by dfts Sinclair Oil Corp, Sun Valley Company, Mike Federko, Amy Federko for partial judgment on the pleadings on plas complaint-in-intervention (wm)	April 19, 2002	April 19, 2002
24	MEMORANDUM by dfts Sinclair Oil Corp, Mike Federko, Amy Federko, Sun Valley Company in support of motion for partial judgment on the pleadings on plas complaint-in-intervention [23-1] (wm)	April 19, 2002	April 19, 2002
25	NOTICE OF HEARING motion for partial judgment on the pleadings on plas complaint-in-intervention [23-1] set before BLW in Boise 8:00 8/6/02 (cc: all counsel) (wm)	April 22, 2002	April 22, 2002
26	MEMORANDUM IN RESPONSE by intervenor-pla Jennifer Crick to motion for partial judgment on the pleadings on plas complaint-in- intervention [23-1] (wm)	May 1, 2002	May 1, 2002
27	AFFIDAVIT of Jennifer Crick regarding motion response [26-1] (wm)	May 1, 2002	May 1, 2002
28	ADR PLAN AND REQUEST TO STRIKE ADR HEARING by Sinclair Oil Corp, Mike Federko, Amy Federko, Sun Valley Company (wm) (Entered: 05/07/2002)	May 6, 2002	May 6, 2002
29	STIPULATION and joint motion for dismissal with prejudice (wm) (Entered: 07/22/2002)	July 19, 2002	July 19, 2002
30	CONSENT DECREE by Honorable B. Lynn Winmill dismissing case with prejudice , each party to bear their own costs and fees (cc: all counsel) (wm)	July 29, 2002	July 29, 2002 Clearinghouse

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