Case: EEOC v. Frontier Materials Concrete

4:03-cv-00856 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 10, 2003

Closed Date: March 2, 2007

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Case Summary

In March 2003, the Houston District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Frontier Materials Company, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. We do not have a copy of the complaint. However, it appears from the consent decree that the complaint alleged that the defendant violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by failing to promote and appropriately compensate the charging party, an African-American employee, because of his race. After some discovery, the defendant filed a motion for partial summary judgment in December 2003 which was denied in January 2004. Thereafter, the EEOC filed a motion for partial summary judgment in February. However, the EEOC's motion was never resolved because the parties settled through a consent decree in early March 2004.The three-year decree, containing non-discrimination and non-retaliation clauses, required the defendant to: post a non-discrimination notice, provide EEO training for its managers in the Houston area, report to the EEOC at specified intervals, distribute the required notice to its managers, provide the charging party with a neutral employment reference, and pay $45,000 to the charging party. The decree was entered in 2004 and scheduled to last 2007. No further docket entries exist, so the case is closed.

Summary Authors

Michele Marxkors (7/2/2007)

Clearinghouse (12/26/2018)

People

For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/14064164/parties/equal-employment-opp-v-frontier-materials/

Judge(s)

Hoyt, Kenneth M. (Texas)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Bowne, Timothy M (Texas)

Attorney for Defendant

Schooler, Lionel M (Texas)

Expert/Monitor/Master/Other

Hrbacek, Dean A (Texas)

Judge(s)

Hoyt, Kenneth M. (Texas)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Bowne, Timothy M (Texas)

Attorney for Defendant

Schooler, Lionel M (Texas)

Other

Hrbacek, Dean A (Texas)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

Documents in this case

4:03-cv-00856	Docket [PACER] EEOC v. Frontier Materials	March 1, 2004	March 1, 2004 Docket
13 4:03-cv-00856	Order [Denying Partial Summary Judgment] EEOC v. Frontier Materials Company, Inc.	Jan. 29, 2004	Jan. 29, 2004 Order/Opinion
16 4:03-cv-00856	Consent Decree EEOC v. Frontier Materials Company, Inc.	March 2, 2004	March 2, 2004 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

See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/14064164/equal-employment-opp-v-frontier-materials/

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Docket for: Equal Employment Opp v. Frontier Materials

ECF Number	Date	Description	Link
1	March 10, 2003	COMPLAINT by Equal Employment Opp filed; (bchurchill) (Entered: 03/12/2003)	RECAP
2	March 10, 2003	Order setting Initial Pretrial and Scheduling Conference on 3:45 6/23/03 by telephone before Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt and Order to Disclose Interested Persons, filed. Parties notified. (bchurchill) (Entered: 03/12/2003)	RECAP
	March 10, 2003	1 SUMMONS issued for Frontier Materials (bchurchill) (Entered: 03/12/2003)	PACER
	March 10, 2003	1 SUMMONS issued for Frontier Materials (bchurchill)
3	March 17, 2003	CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PARTIES by Equal Employment Opp, filed. (sfedele) (Entered: 03/18/2003)	RECAP
4	March 20, 2003	RETURN OF SERVICE executed as to Frontier Materials 3/18/03 filed. Answer due on 4/7/03 for Frontier Materials (psmith) (Entered: 03/20/2003)	RECAP
5	March 27, 2003	ANSWER to Complaint by Frontier Materials (Added attorney Lionel M Schooler), filed. (psmith) (Entered: 03/28/2003)	RECAP
6	March 27, 2003	CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PARTIES by Frontier Materials, filed. (psmith) (Entered: 03/28/2003)	RECAP
7	June 11, 2003	JOINT DISCOVERY/Case Management Plan by Equal Employment Opp, Frontier Materials, filed. (sfedele) (Entered: 06/11/2003)	RECAP
8	June 24, 2003	ORDER following telephone scheduling conference setting Pltf expert witness list submitted by 10/30/03 ; Report furnished by 10/30/03; Deft expert witness list submitted by 11/30/03 Report furnished by 11/30/03; Discovery cutoff 1/31/04 ; Deadline for filing all dispositive motions 1/31/04 ;Joint Pretrial order to be submitted on or before 3/1/04 ; Docket call deadline 3/1/04 at 11:30 AM; before Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt, entered. Jury Trial. Initial disclosures due on or before 6/30/03. Parties notified. Trial Term: 4-5 days ( Signed by Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt ) (sfedele) (Entered: 06/25/2003)	RECAP
	June 24, 2003	Deadline updated; Initial disclosures due on or before 6/30/03 (sfedele) (Entered: 06/27/2003)	PACER
	June 24, 2003	Deadline updated; Initial disclosures due on or before 6/30/03 (sfedele)
9	Nov. 13, 2003	MOTION to quash deposition by American Horizon, Motion Docket Date 12/3/03 [9-1] motion, filed. (sfedele) (Entered: 11/18/2003)	RECAP
10	Dec. 8, 2003	ORDER ; granting American Hrizon Concrete, Inc's [9-1] motion to quash deposition, entered; Parties notified. ( signed by Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt ) (kprice) (Entered: 12/09/2003)	RECAP
11	Dec. 22, 2003	MOTION for partial summary judgment on issue of post-employment backpay by Frontier Materials, Motion Docket Date 1/11/04 [11-1] motion, filed. (khightower) (Entered: 12/29/2003)	RECAP
12	Jan. 12, 2004	RESPONSE by Equal Employment Opp to Deft's [11-1] motion for partial summary judgment on issue of post-employment backpay, filed. (dhansen) (Entered: 01/12/2004)	RECAP
13	Jan. 29, 2004	ORDER denying Deft's [11-1] motion for partial summary judgment on issue of post-employment backpay in all thiings, entered; Parties notified. ( signed by Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt ) (sfedele) (Entered: 01/29/2004)	RECAP
14	Feb. 2, 2004	MOTION for partial summary judgment by Equal Employment Opp, Motion Docket Date 2/22/04 [14-1] motion, filed. (sfedele) (Entered: 02/04/2004)	RECAP
15	Feb. 27, 2004	AGREED MOTION for entry of consent decree by Equal Employment Opp, Frontier Materials, filed. (sfedele) (Entered: 02/27/2004)	RECAP
16	March 1, 2004	CONSENT DECREE, entered; Parties notified ( signed by Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt ) (amaly) (Entered: 03/02/2004)	RECAP
	March 1, 2004	Case closed (amaly) (Entered: 03/02/2004)	PACER
	March 1, 2004	Case closed (amaly)

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Case Details

State / Territory:

Texas

Case Type(s):

Equal Employment

Special Collection(s):

EEOC Study — in sample

IWPR/Wage Project Consent Decree Study

Key Dates

Filing Date: March 10, 2003

Closing Date: March 2, 2007

Case Ongoing: No

Plaintiffs

Plaintiff Description:

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.

Plaintiff Type(s):

EEOC Plaintiff

Attorney Organizations:

EEOC

Public Interest Lawyer: Yes

Filed Pro Se: No

Class Action Sought: No

Class Action Outcome: Not sought

Defendants

Private Entity/Person

Frontier Materials Company, Inc.

Case Details

Causes of Action:

Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e

Other Dockets:

Southern District of Texas 4:03-cv-00856

Available Documents:

Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief

Monetary Relief

Trial Court Docket

Outcome

Prevailing Party: Plaintiff OR Mixed

Relief Granted:

Damages

Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement

Source of Relief:

Settlement

Form of Settlement:

Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree

Content of Injunction:

Discrimination Prohibition

Expungement of Employment Record

Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law

Provide antidiscrimination training

Reporting

Retaliation Prohibition

Amount Defendant Pays: 45000

Order Duration: 2004 - 2007

Issues

Discrimination Area:

Disparate Treatment

Pay / Benefits

Promotion

Discrimination Basis:

Race discrimination

Affected Race(s):

Black

EEOC-centric:

Direct Suit on Merits

Recommended Citation

Case Summary of EEOC v. Frontier Materials Concrete, Civil Rights Litig. Clearinghouse, https://clearinghouse.net/case/6152/ (last updated 12/26/2018).