Case: EEOC v. RESIDENTIAL CARE

1:00-cv-02924 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Sept. 27, 2000

Closed Date: April 27, 2003

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Case Summary

In September 2000, the EEOC's Baltimore District Office brought this suit against Residential Care, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. We do not have a copy of the complaint. However, according to the consent decree, the complaint alleged that the defendant violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by firing the charging party, a female employee, because she was pregnant. The parties settled in April 2001 through a consent decree.

Under the two-year decree, which contained non-discrimination and non-retaliation clauses, the defendant agreed to: post an EEOC-provided Title VII notice, add an EEOC-provided anti-discrimination policy to its employee handbook, provide managerial Title VII training, provide a neutral reference to the charging party, and pay $20,500 to the charging party.

Summary Authors

Kevin Wilemon (6/4/2007)

People

Judge(s)

Smalkin, Frederic N. (Maryland)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Barclay, Sarah Bland (Maryland)

Judge(s)

Smalkin, Frederic N. (Maryland)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Barclay, Sarah Bland (Maryland)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

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1:00-cv-02924	Docket (PACER) Equal Employment v. Residential Care	April 27, 2001	April 27, 2001 Docket
11 00-cv-02949	Order Equal Employment v. Residential Care	April 27, 2001	April 27, 2001 Order/Opinion
10 00-cv-02949	Consent Decree Equal Employment v. Residential Care	April 27, 2001	April 27, 2001 Settlement Agreement

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Resources

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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 filed; (hml, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 09/30/2000)	Sept. 27, 2000	Sept. 27, 2000
1	DEMAND for jury trial by Equal Employment (hml, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 09/30/2000)	Sept. 27, 2000	Sept. 27, 2000
2	NOTICE OF LAWSUIT AND REQUEST FOR WAIVER of service as to Residential Care 9/27/00 Waiver of Service due by 10/27/00. (hml, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 09/30/2000)	Sept. 27, 2000	Sept. 27, 2000
3	STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING Time for Defendant to file an Answer SET Answer deadline to 12/22/00 for Residential Care . ( signed by Judge Benson E. Legg 12/18/00 ) (c/i 12/18/00) (jlb, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 12/18/2000)	Dec. 18, 2000	Dec. 18, 2000
4	ANSWER to Complaint by Residential Care. (c/s) (jlb, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 12/21/2000)	Dec. 21, 2000	Dec. 21, 2000
5	SCHEDULING ORDER ( signed by Judge Benson E. Legg 1/08/01 ) (c/i 1/09/01) (jlb, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 01/09/2001)	Jan. 8, 2001	Jan. 8, 2001
6	Defendant's Scheduling Order Submissions. (jlb, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 01/19/2001)	Jan. 17, 2001	Jan. 17, 2001
7	Plaintiff's Report of Deposition Hours. (jlb, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 01/19/2001)	Jan. 19, 2001	Jan. 19, 2001
8	ORDER DIRECTING 15 Deposition Hours per side. ( signed by Judge Benson E. Legg 1/18/01 ) (c/i 1/19/01) (jlb, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 01/19/2001)	Jan. 19, 2001	Jan. 19, 2001
9	MOTION by Equal Employment for Approval and Entry of Consent Decree . (jlb, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 04/30/2001)	April 27, 2001	April 27, 2001
10	CONSENT DECREE and "APPROVAL" ( signed by Judge Benson E. Legg 4/27/01 ) (c/i 4/30/01) (jlb, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 04/30/2001)	April 27, 2001	April 27, 2001
11	ORDER GRANTING [9-1] motion of Plaintiff for Approval and Entry of Consent Decree and DISMISSING this action with prejudice each party bearing its own costs, attorney's fees and expenses and this Court retains jurisdiction of this action to ensure compliance with the Consent Decree. ( signed by Judge Benson E. Legg 4/27/01 ) (c/i 4/30/01) (MICROFILMED 4/30/01) (jlb, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 04/30/2001)	April 27, 2001	April 27, 2001
	Case closed (jlb, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 04/30/2001)	April 27, 2001	April 27, 2001
	Tele-conference held before Judge Benson Everett Legg re: Consent Decree. (Recorded in Chambers) (kam, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 05/01/2001)	April 27, 2001	April 27, 2001