Case: EEOC v. SANCTUARY GOLF CLUB

2:00-cv-00265 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: June 15, 2000

Closed Date: Oct. 16, 2001

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Case Summary

The EEOC's Tampa district office sued Sanctuary Golf Clubs, Inc., a national golf course operator, on June 15, 2000 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The EEOC's complaint alleged that Sanctuary violated Title VII when it discriminated against one of its employees based on race (African American) by creating a hostile work environment and failing to take corrective action when notified, resulting in the aggrieved employee's constructive discharge. The parties entered into a consent decree on October 10, 2001 which stipulated that Sanctuary would not discriminate in the future, that it would adopt a policy against racial harassment, provide Title VII compliance training for managers and supervisors, implementing a policy of discipline for discrimination, post notice of compliance with Title VII, notify the EEOC bi-annually of compliance with the settlement decree, and pay $50,000 in damages to the aggrieved employee.

Summary Authors

Aaron Weismann (6/1/2007)

People

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Judge(s)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Carrillo, Gilbert (Florida)

Franklin-Thomas, Delner (Florida)

Greiff, Carla Johanna (Florida)

Reams, Gwendolyn Y. (Florida)

Attorney for Defendant

Expert/Monitor/Master/Other

Blackburn, Philip H. (Florida)

Judge(s)

Steele, John E. (Florida)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Carrillo, Gilbert (Florida)

Franklin-Thomas, Delner (Florida)

Greiff, Carla Johanna (Florida)

Reams, Gwendolyn Y. (Florida)

Shonfield, Rachel H. (Florida)

Stewart, C. Gregory (Florida)

Zawid, Jennifer H. (Florida)

Attorney for Defendant

Works, Donald C. (Florida)

Yelenosky, Stephanie A. (Florida)

Other

Blackburn, Philip H. (Florida)

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Documents in this case

2:00-cv-00265	Docket EEOC v. Sanctuary Golf Club	Oct. 16, 2001	Oct. 16, 2001 Docket
1 2:00-cv-00265	Complaint EEOC v. Sanctuary Golf Club	June 15, 2000	June 15, 2000 Complaint
	EEOC Press Release EEOC v. Sanctuary Golf Course No Court	June 15, 2000	June 15, 2000 Press Release
17 2:00-cv-00265	Consent Decree EEOC v. Sanctuary Golf Course	Oct. 10, 2001	Oct. 10, 2001 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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Docket for: Equal Employment v. Sanctuary Golf Club

ECF Number	Date	Description	Link
1	June 15, 2000	COMPLAINT filed; jury demand (drn) (Entered: 06/15/2000)	RECAP
	June 15, 2000	MAGISTRATE JUDGE CASE ASSIGNMENT Magistrate assigned: Douglas N. Frazier (drn) (Entered: 06/15/2000)	PACER
	June 15, 2000	MAGISTRATE JUDGE CASE ASSIGNMENT Magistrate assigned: Douglas N. Frazier (drn)
2	June 16, 2000	NOTICE of designation under Local Rule 3.05 - TRACK 2/RELATED CASE ORDER. The parties shall file notice of pendency of other actions within 11 days. (ctc) (sll) (Entered: 06/16/2000)	RECAP
3	June 16, 2000	INTERESTED PERSONS ORDER FOR CIVIL CASES directing the parties to file a certificate of interested persons and corporate disclosure statement within 11 days. ( Signed by Magistrate Judge Douglas N. Frazier ) ctc (sll) (Entered: 06/16/2000)	RECAP
4	June 30, 2000	CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE by Equal Employment Re: [3-1] order (bjt) (Entered: 06/30/2000)	RECAP
5	June 30, 2000	NOTICE by Equal Employment of pendency of other actions re: order of compliance to local rule (bjt) (Entered: 07/03/2000)	RECAP
6	July 17, 2000	ANSWER and affirmative defenses to [1-1] complaint by Sanctuary Golf Club (sll) (Entered: 07/18/2000)	RECAP
7	July 18, 2000	INTERESTED PERSONS ORDER FOR CIVIL CASES directing Sanctuary Golf Club, Inc. to file a certificate of interested persons and corporate disclosure statement within 11 days. ( Signed by Magistrate Judge Douglas N. Frazier ) ctc (sll) (Entered: 07/18/2000)	RECAP
8	July 24, 2000	CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE by Sanctuary Golf Club Re: [7-1] order (sll) (Entered: 07/24/2000)	RECAP
9	Aug. 14, 2000	NOTICE OF CASE REASSIGNMENT to the Honorable Judge John E. Steele . ctc (sll) (Entered: 08/14/2000)	RECAP
10	Sept. 18, 2000	NOTICE of attorney appearance for Equal Employment by Carla J. Von Greiff (bjt) (Entered: 09/18/2000)	RECAP
11	Oct. 12, 2000	CASE MANAGEMENT REPORT (c: courtroom deputy) (bjt) (Entered: 10/12/2000)	RECAP
12	Nov. 6, 2000	CASE MANAGEMENT AND SCHEDULING ORDER setting Joining of parties,amending of pleadings on 11/8/00 ; Discovery cutoff 7/6/01 ; dispositive motion filing deadline for 8/3/01 Pretrial statement due on or before 10/26/01 ; Pretrial conference for 9:00 12/7/01 ; Jury trial set for term commencing 1/7/02 ; Scheduled for Judge John E. Steele ( signed by Judge John E. Steele ) ctc (bjt) (Entered: 11/06/2000)	RECAP
13	Feb. 16, 2001	NOTICE of withdrawal of affirmative defense without prejudice by Sanctuary Golf Club (bjt) (Entered: 02/16/2001)	RECAP
14	July 11, 2001	JOINT MOTION with memorandum in support by Equal Employment, Sanctuary Golf Club to extend time for mediation deadline (bjt) (Entered: 07/11/2001)	RECAP
15	July 16, 2001	ORDER granting [14-1] joint motion to extend time for mediation deadline, reset mediation conference for 9/28/01 ( Signed by Judge John E. Steele ) ctc (bjt) (Entered: 07/16/2001)	RECAP
16	July 17, 2001	AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING: resetting pretrial conference for 9:30 12/10/01 scheduled for Judge John E. Steele ( Signed by Deputy Clerk ) ctc (sll) (Entered: 07/18/2001)	RECAP
17	Oct. 10, 2001	CONSENT DECREE by Equal Employment, Sanctuary Golf Club (bjt) (Entered: 10/10/2001)	RECAP
	Oct. 15, 2001	ENDORSED ORDER granting [17-1] decree consent ( Signed by Judge John E. Steele ) ctc (bjt) (Entered: 10/15/2001)	PACER
	Oct. 15, 2001	ENDORSED ORDER granting [17-1] decree consent ( Signed by Judge John E. Steele ) ctc (bjt)
	Oct. 16, 2001	CASE CLOSED. (bjt) (Entered: 10/16/2001)	PACER
	Oct. 16, 2001	CASE CLOSED. (bjt)