Filed Date: April 29, 2004
Closed Date: June 21, 2008
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In April 2004, the Chicago District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Continental Airlines, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois alleging discrimination on the basis of race and sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the defendant subjected the charging party, a Black female employee, to a hostile work environment and demoted her because of her race and sex. After several status and settlement conferences and some discovery disputes, the defendant filed a motion for summary judgment in August 2005 which was granted in part and denied in part in January 2006. After a couple more settlement and status conferences, the parties settled in late December 2006 through a consent decree.
The eighteen-month decree, containing non-discrimination and non-retaliation clauses, required the defendant to: post a notice of the decree, keep records of all complaints of gender discrimination, report to the EEOC at specified intervals, provide Title VII training for all its employees, and pay $40,000. The docket sheet does not show any further enforcement; the case was presumably closed in 2008.
Summary Authors
Michele Marxkors (7/30/2007)
Clearinghouse (6/10/2017)
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/5394761/parties/eeoc-v-continental-al-inc/
Aspen, Marvin E. (Illinois)
Keys, Arlander (Illinois)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/5394761/eeoc-v-continental-al-inc/
Last updated April 18, 2025, 8:46 a.m.
State / Territory: Illinois
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
IWPR/Wage Project Consent Decree Study
Key Dates
Filing Date: April 29, 2004
Closing Date: June 21, 2008
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.
Plaintiff Type(s):
Attorney Organizations:
Public Interest Lawyer: Yes
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
Continental Airlines, Inc. (Chicago, IL), Private Entity/Person
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
Available Documents:
Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief
Outcome
Prevailing Party: Plaintiff
Nature of Relief:
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief:
Form of Settlement:
Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Content of Injunction:
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Amount Defendant Pays: 40000
Order Duration: 2006 - 2008
Issues
Discrimination Area:
Harassment / Hostile Work Environment
Discrimination Basis:
Affected Race(s):
Affected Sex/Gender(s):
EEOC-centric: