Case: EEOC v. JOE BROWN COMPANY, INC.

5:01-cv-01525 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Sept. 27, 2001

Closed Date: Dec. 5, 2003

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Case Summary

In September 2001, the EEOC district office in Dallas, Texas brought this suit against the Joe Brown Company in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, alleging that the defendant violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it subjected a black employee to a racially hostile work environment and terminated him in retaliation for complaining about it.

The case was settled and a consent decree was entered in June of 2002. The parties agreed that the defendant would pay the complainant $25,000, refrain from retaliating and discriminating on the basis of race, post an EEO notice, distribute its EEO policy, provide all of its employees with EEO training, file quarterly race statistical reports, file semiannual complaint reports, expunge the complainants employee file, and issue a neutral reference letter. No fees or costs were awarded. The terms of the agreement ran for eighteen months.

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Jason Chester (7/3/2007)

Documents in the Clearinghouse

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5:01-cv-01525	Docket [PACER] EEOC v. Joe Brown Company	June 5, 2002	June 5, 2002 Docket
18 5:01-cv-01525	Order [Denying Motion for Protective Order] EEOC v. Joe Brown Company, Inc.	May 16, 2002	May 16, 2002 Order/Opinion
23 5:01-cv-01525	Consent Decree EEOC v. Joe Brown Company, Inc.	June 5, 2002	June 5, 2002 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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ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
1	COMPLAINT (eh) (Entered: 09/27/2001)	Sept. 27, 2001	Sept. 27, 2001
2	PRAECIPE for and issued 1 summons by plaintiff EEOC (brs) (Entered: 10/01/2001)	Sept. 27, 2001	Sept. 27, 2001
3	ANSWER by defendant (kw) (Entered: 12/18/2001)	Dec. 17, 2001	Dec. 17, 2001
4	ATTORNEY APPEARANCE for defendant by Samuel Fulkerson (kw) (Entered: 12/18/2001)	Dec. 18, 2001	Dec. 18, 2001
5	ATTORNEY APPEARANCE for defendant by Michael F. Lauderdale (kw) (Entered: 12/18/2001)	Dec. 18, 2001	Dec. 18, 2001
6	ORDER by Honorable David L. Russell, Case reassigned to Honorable Joe Heaton (cc: all counsel) [EOD Date 12/27/01] (kw) (Entered: 12/27/2001)	Dec. 27, 2001	Dec. 27, 2001
	DOCKET status ; status scheduling conf set for 9:50 2/5/02 (kw) (Entered: 12/31/2001)	Dec. 31, 2001	Dec. 31, 2001
8	JOINT STATUS REPORT (kw) (Entered: 01/30/2002)	Jan. 30, 2002	Jan. 30, 2002
9	SCHEDULING ORDER Honorable Joe Heaton ; jury trial set for 9:00 10/1/02 ; Discovery set for 7/15/02 ;mtn filing ddl set for 7/15/02 ; pretrial report due 9/16/02 ; status scheduling conference held on 9:50 2/5/02 mtns to join due: 6/3/02 mtns to amend due: 6/3/02 pla's wit lst due: 6/3/02 pla's exh lst due: 6/3/02 dft's wit lst due: w/i 10 days t/a dft's exh lst due: w/i 10 days t/a mtns in limine due: 9/16/02 jury instr due: 10/1/02 voir dire requests due: 10/1/02 trial briefs due : 10/1/02 PFofFact & Concl due: 10/1/02 ADR Session Held by Date: by 1st of June (cc: all counsel), referral to ADR referring matter to Mediator Selection Order Due 2/16/02 Ptys are to adv the ct w/i 5 days of mediation, s to the progress of the case. (fp) (Entered: 02/06/2002)	Feb. 6, 2002	Feb. 6, 2002
10	ATTORNEY APPEARANCE for defendant Joe Brown Company by Beauchamp M Patterson (kw) (Entered: 02/07/2002)	Feb. 6, 2002	Feb. 6, 2002
11	ATTORNEY APPEARANCE for plaintiff EEOC by Michelle M. Robertson (fp) (Entered: 02/11/2002)	Feb. 8, 2002	Feb. 8, 2002
12	ATTORNEY APPEARANCE for plaintiff EEOC by Suzanne M. Anderson (fp) (Entered: 02/12/2002)	Feb. 11, 2002	Feb. 11, 2002
13	SELECTION OF AND ORDER APPOINTING MEDIATOR, ADR Session 4/9/02 at 9:30 added L David Pomeroy as Mediator (cc: all counsel) [EOD Date 2/13/02] (fp) (Entered: 02/13/2002)	Feb. 12, 2002	Feb. 12, 2002
14	MOTION by plaintiff EEOC to quash and Brief in Support (nm) (Entered: 04/30/2002)	April 30, 2002	April 30, 2002
14	MOTION by plaintiff EEOC for protective order and Brief in Support (nm) (Entered: 04/30/2002)	April 30, 2002	April 30, 2002
15	ENTER ORDER by Honorable Joe Heaton; Bf the Ct is Plf's April 30, 2002 mtn to quash and req for a proto. The dft is dir to resp to the mtn w/i 10 days of the date of this order re [14-1], re [14-1] (cc: all counsel) [EOD Date 5/3/02] (fp) (Entered: 05/03/2002)	May 3, 2002	May 3, 2002
16	MOTION/APPLICATION AND BRIEF IN SUPPORT by plaintiff EEOC for leave to extend the deposition of William J. Thompson (fp) (Entered: 05/13/2002)	May 10, 2002	May 10, 2002
17	RESPONSE by defendant Joe Brown Company to motion for protective order [14-1], motion to quash [14-1] (kw) (Entered: 05/13/2002)	May 13, 2002	May 13, 2002
18	ORDER by Honorable Joe Heaton denying motion for protective order [14-1] It is however, ORDERED that all documents produced purs to the subpoenas shl be treated as confidential and shl not be used, distributed or disseminated to others, except as may be necessary to the conduct of this litigation. If plf and/or Mr. desire a more detailed confidentiality order, the parties are dir to jointly prepare and submit same to the Ct for its consideration (cc: all counsel) [EOD Date 5/16/02] (fp) (Entered: 05/16/2002)	May 16, 2002	May 16, 2002
20	ADR REPORT by Mediator terminating party Mediator; case settled at mediation (kw) (Entered: 05/20/2002)	May 17, 2002	May 17, 2002
21	MOTION by plaintiff EEOC, defendant Joe Brown Company for entry of consent decree (nm) (Entered: 06/03/2002)	June 3, 2002	June 3, 2002
22	ORDER by Honorable Joe Heaton granting ptys' motion for entry of consent decree [21-1] (cc: all counsel) [EOD Date 6/5/02] (ap) (Entered: 06/05/2002)	June 5, 2002	June 5, 2002
23	CONSENT DECREE by Honorable Joe Heaton as more fully set out; (cc: all counsel) [EOD Date 6/5/02] (ap) (Entered: 06/05/2002)	June 5, 2002	June 5, 2002