Case: EEOC v. MARYLAND CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, INC.

1:03-cv-02792 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2003

Closed Date: Jan. 20, 2006

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Case Summary

In September 2003, the EEOC district office in Baltimore, Maryland brought this suit against the Maryland Classified Employees Association, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. The complaint states that two female employees alleged that the defendant violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it maintained a sexually hostile work environment and retaliated against the women for complaining about harassment. Specifically, the women allege that the defendant committed retaliatory harassment against one woman for filing a charge of harassment and retaliated against the other complainant for assisting in the investigation. After virtually no discovery and one settlement conference, the parties settled and a consent decree was entered April 2004.

In the consent decree, the parties agreed that the defendant would pay the complainants a total of $29,000, change is application questions, expunge employee files of any reference to this litigation, submit complaints to the EEOC for review, provide EEO training, post an EEO notice, and allow the EEOC to review for compliance with no prior notice. No fees or costs were awarded. The terms of the decree ran for twenty-one months.

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Joel Pettit (7/14/2007)

Documents in the Clearinghouse

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1:03-cv-02792	Docket (PACER) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. The Maryland Classified Employees Association, Inc.	April 20, 2004	April 20, 2004 Docket
1 1:03-cv-02792	Complaint Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. The Maryland Classified Employees Association, Inc.	Sept. 30, 2003	Sept. 30, 2003 Complaint
15 1:03-cv-02792	Consent Decree Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. The Maryland Classified Employees Association, Inc.	April 20, 2004	April 20, 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

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ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
1	COMPLAINT against The Maryland Classified Employees Association, Inc. , filed by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(raf, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 10/01/2003)	Sept. 30, 2003	Sept. 30, 2003
	JURY TRIAL DEMAND by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (raf, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 10/01/2003)	Sept. 30, 2003	Sept. 30, 2003
2	Summons Issued (20 days) as to The Maryland Classified Employees Association, Inc. (raf, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 10/01/2003)	Oct. 1, 2003	Oct. 1, 2003
3	Correcting Earlier Submission (Attachments: # 1 Reissuance of Summons-requesting)(Spicer, Tracy) (Entered: 01/22/2004)	Jan. 22, 2004	Jan. 22, 2004
4	Second Summons Issued (20 days) as to The Maryland Classified Employees Association, Inc.. (slf, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 01/23/2004)	Jan. 23, 2004	Jan. 23, 2004
6	ANSWER to Complaint by The Maryland Classified Employees Association, Inc..(Awalt, Stephen) (Entered: 02/12/2004)	Feb. 12, 2004	Feb. 12, 2004
7	SCHEDULING ORDER. Signed by Judge William D Quarles Jr. on 2/13/04. (jnl, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 02/13/2004)	Feb. 13, 2004	Feb. 13, 2004
8	NOTICE of Appearance by Tracey Dallahan McLauchlin on behalf of The Maryland Classified Employees Association, Inc. (McLauchlin, Tracey) (Entered: 02/27/2004)	Feb. 27, 2004	Feb. 27, 2004
9	MOTION for Extension of Time by The Maryland Classified Employees Association, Inc.. Responses due by 3/18/2004 (McLauchlin, Tracey) (Entered: 03/01/2004)	March 1, 2004	March 1, 2004
10	Correspondence re: Consent Request for Mediation (Attachments: # 1)(McLauchlin, Tracey) (Entered: 03/01/2004)	March 1, 2004	March 1, 2004
11	Paperless ORDER granting 9 Motion for Extension of Time. Discovery and status report due 8/16/2004; motions due 9/14/2004; pretrial conference scheduled for 11/16/2004 at 9:00 a.m.. Signed by Judge William D Quarles Jr. on 3/3/2004. (kab, Chambers) (Entered: 03/03/2004)	March 3, 2004	March 3, 2004
12	ORDER REFERRING CASE to Magistrate Judge for settlement or other ADR conference. Signed by Judge William D Quarles Jr. on 3/3/04. (jnl, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 03/04/2004)	March 3, 2004	March 3, 2004
13	ORDER SETTING date for Settlement Conference. Signed by Judge James K. Bredar on 3/9/04. (cag, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 03/09/2004)	March 9, 2004	March 9, 2004
	Settlement Conference held before Judge James K. Bredar. (slf, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 03/26/2004)	March 25, 2004	March 25, 2004
14	MOTION for Settlement by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Responses due by 5/3/2004 (Attachments: # 1 Consent Decree)(Spicer, Tracy) (Entered: 04/16/2004)	April 16, 2004	April 16, 2004
15	CONSENT DECREE ORDER. Signed by Judge William D Quarles Jr. on 4/20/04. (slf, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 04/20/2004)	April 20, 2004	April 20, 2004