Case: EEOC v. CONSUMER PROGRAMS INCORPORATED (d/b/a SEARS PORTRAIT STUDIO)

3:05-cv-00747 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Dec. 29, 2005

Closed Date: July 11, 2008

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Case Summary

In December 2005, the Milwaukee District Office of the EEOC filed this suit against Consumer Programs Incorporated, d/b/a Sears Portrait Studio, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. 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 discriminating against the charging party, a female employee, because of her sex and pregnancy. After some scheduling orders, the parties settled through a consent decree in July 2006. The two-year decree, containing non-discrimination and non-retaliation clauses, required the defendant to: develop and distribute an anti-discrimination policy, provide annual Title VII training for all employees at its Wisconsin locations, post Title VII notices, report to the EEOC regarding the employment status of pregnant employees, provide the charging party with a neutral reference, and pay $36,000. The docket sheet does not show any further enforcement; the case was presumably closed in 2008.

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Summary Authors

Michele Marxkors (6/11/2007)

Clearinghouse (6/12/2017)

People

For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/12156064/parties/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-consumer-programs-incorporated/

Judge(s)

Crabb, Barbara Brandriff (Wisconsin)

Judge(s)

Crabb, Barbara Brandriff (Wisconsin)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

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3:05-cv-00747	Docket EEOC v. Consumer Programs Incorporated	July 18, 2006	July 18, 2006 Docket
11 3:05-cv-00747	Consent Decree and Order EEOC v. Consumer Products Incorporated	July 11, 2006	July 11, 2006 Settlement Agreement

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Title	Description		External URL Date / External URL
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

See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/12156064/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-consumer-programs-incorporated/

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ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
	Jams Import Utility Entry	Dec. 29, 2005	Dec. 29, 2005 PACER
	NORTC	Dec. 29, 2005	Dec. 29, 2005 PACER
1	JS-44 (Entered: 12/29/2005)	Dec. 29, 2005	Dec. 29, 2005 PACER
2	COMPLAINT ; WAIVER OF SERVICE OF SUMMONS ISSUED (Entered: 12/29/2005)	Dec. 29, 2005	Dec. 29, 2005 PACER
3	WAIVER OF SERVICE OF SUMMONS. (Entered: 02/06/2006)	Feb. 6, 2006	Feb. 6, 2006 PACER
4	NOTICE OF APPEARANCE BY DEFT. (Entered: 03/07/2006)	March 3, 2006	March 3, 2006 PACER
5	DISCLOSURE OF CORP. AFFIL. & FINAN. INT. BY DEFT. (Entered: 03/07/2006)	March 3, 2006	March 3, 2006 PACER
6	ANSWER (Entered: 03/07/2006)	March 3, 2006	March 3, 2006 PACER
7	NOTICE OF APPEARANCE BY DEFT. (Entered: 03/07/2006)	March 6, 2006	March 6, 2006 PACER
8	MOTION BY DEFT. TO RESCHEDULE PPTC. (Entered: 03/14/2006)	March 14, 2006	March 14, 2006 PACER
	PPTC RESCHEDULED TO 3/30/06 AT 9:30 A.M. (SLC)	March 15, 2006	March 15, 2006 PACER
9	JOINT PPTC REPORT AND PROPOSED SCHEDULING ORDER. (Entered: 03/16/2006)	March 16, 2006	March 16, 2006 PACER
	PPTC RESCHEDULED TO 3/31/06 AT 9:00 A.M. (SLC)	March 27, 2006	March 27, 2006 PACER
10	PTC ORDER - AMENDMENTS TO PLEADINGS DUE 5/1/06. (SLC) (Entered: 03/31/2006)	March 31, 2006	March 31, 2006 PACER
11	CONSENT DECREE AND ORDER. (Entered: 07/18/2006)	July 18, 2006	July 18, 2006 PACER