Case: EEOC v. AMERICAN AIRLINES

1:00-cv-00296 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Feb. 18, 2000

Closed Date: June 13, 2001

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Case Summary

The Richmond office of the EEOC brought this action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, against American Airlines, an international airline. The complaint was filed in February 2000, but we do not have access to this document. According to the docket, the Defendant paid the charging party a total of $74,000 ($60,000 in compensatory damages, $9,500 in back pay and $4,500 in interest). The only document we have for this case is the docket.

Summary Authors

Elizabeth Glassman (7/2/2007)

People

For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13910843/parties/equal-employment-opp-v-american-airlines/

Judge(s)

Brinkema, Leonie M. (Virginia)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Nyfeler, Suzanne Lenahan (Virginia)

Attorney for Defendant

Wu, Jenny Chien-Jen (Virginia)

Judge(s)

Brinkema, Leonie M. (Virginia)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Nyfeler, Suzanne Lenahan (Virginia)

Attorney for Defendant

Wu, Jenny Chien-Jen (Virginia)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

Documents in this case

1:00-cv-00296	Docket [PACER] EEOC v. American Airlines	June 13, 2001	June 13, 2001 Docket

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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

See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13910843/equal-employment-opp-v-american-airlines/

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Docket for: Equal Employment Opp v. American Airlines

ECF Number	Date	Description	Link
1	Feb. 18, 2000	COMPLAINT; jury demand (mcke) (Entered: 02/22/2000)	RECAP
	Feb. 18, 2000	Jury Trial Flag (mcke) (Entered: 02/22/2000)	PACER
	Feb. 18, 2000	Jury Trial Flag (mcke)
	Feb. 24, 2000	SUMMONS(ES) (Org. & 1) issued and given to atty for service by SPS on deft American Airlines, (mcke) (Entered: 02/24/2000)	PACER
	Feb. 24, 2000	SUMMONS(ES) (Org. & 1) issued and given to atty for service by SPS on deft American Airlines, (mcke)
2	March 24, 2000	ANSWER to Complaint by American Airlines, (Attorney Jenny Chien-Jen Wu), (mcke) (Entered: 03/27/2000)	RECAP
3	April 6, 2000	SCHEDULING ORDER setting Discovery cutoff 7/28/00 ; Pretrial Conference for 11:10 8/17/00 ; ( signed by Judge Claude M. Hilton ) Copies Mailed: yes (mcke) (Entered: 04/07/2000)	RECAP
4	Aug. 30, 2000	MOTION by Equal Employment Opp for Mark S. Guberman to Withdraw as Attorney (Mark S. Guberman is not admitted to our court and was not the attorney of record, Suzanne Nyfeler is counsel for pltf) (mcke) (Entered: 09/06/2000)	RECAP
5	June 12, 2001	JOINT MOTION by Equal Employment Opp, American Airlines, by American Airlines,, Equal Employment Opp for an order approving consent decree (mcke) (Entered: 06/13/2001)	RECAP
6	June 13, 2001	Consent Decree this decree constitues a full discharge and satisfaction of any claims which have been alleged in the complaint filed by EEOC based on the charge of discrimination filed by Ms. Broin and assigned the administrative charge number 100-95-0361. Within ten (10) days of the court's approval of this decree, deft will issue a check and mail the same to Ms. Broin the amount of $9,500.00 minus any applicable withouldings for fedarl, state, local, Social security, medicare and/or unempoloyment taxes and $4,500.00 in interest, in settlement of pltf's claims for backpay and benefits. Within ten (10) business days of the court's approval of this Decree, deft will issue a check and mail the same to Ms. Broin the amount of $60,000.00 in settlement of pltf's claims for compensatory damages. Both the EEOC and the deft shall bear its own costs, expenses, and attorney's fees incureed in connection with this action. This court shall retain jurisdiction over this matter until the parties have complied fully with the terms and conditions of the decree. Therefore, this case is removed from the docket of this court with the right of either party to petition to have it reinstated. signed by Judge Leonie M. Brinkema ) Copies Mailed: yes (see order for more details) (mcke) (Entered: 06/13/2001)	RECAP
	June 13, 2001	Case closed (mcke) (Entered: 06/13/2001)	PACER
	June 13, 2001	Case closed (mcke)
	June 13, 2001	CASE assigned to Judge Leonie M. Brinkema (mcke) (Entered: 06/13/2001)	PACER
	June 13, 2001	all pleadings accounted for (mcke) (Entered: 06/13/2001)	PACER
	June 13, 2001	CASE assigned to Judge Leonie M. Brinkema (mcke)
	June 13, 2001	all pleadings accounted for (mcke)