Case: EEOC v. LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

3:99-cv-02380 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: Aug. 20, 1999

Closed Date: April 13, 2000

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Case Summary

EEOC's Charlotte, NC office filed this Title VII lawsuit alleging that the defendant Lucent Technologies, Inc. failed to promote five installers at its Columbia, SC facility because of their race. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina (Columbia) on 08/20/1999. The individual complainants did not intervene in the suit or file a separate suit.

The case was settled before any discovery was made. A two-year consent decree was entered by the district court on 04/13/2000.

Under the consent decree, the defendant agreed to pay the five complainants a total sum of $46,346. The defendant also agreed to provide necessary training for promotion to three complainants. The complainant's personnel record would be expunged of any record related to the lawsuit. Additionally, the defendant was required to provide training and post notice of EEO policies.

Summary Authors

Yin Zheng (7/15/2007)

Documents in the Clearinghouse

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3:99-cv-02380	Docket (PACER) EEOC v. Lucent Technologies	April 13, 2000	April 13, 2000 Docket
10 3:99-cv-02380	Consent Decree Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Lucent Technologies/AT&T Systems	April 13, 2000	April 13, 2000 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…	April 1, 2022	April 1, 2022 https://cris.tau.ac.il/...

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Docket

Last updated May 6, 2023, 3:17 a.m.

ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
1	COMPLAINT - no filing fee required by statute; Service due by 12/20/99 for Lucent Technologies. (former empl) (Entered: 08/22/1999)	Aug. 20, 1999	Aug. 20, 1999
2	Answers to 16B Interrogatories by plaintiff EEOC; jury demand (former empl) (Entered: 08/22/1999)	Aug. 20, 1999	Aug. 20, 1999
3	NOTICE of Lawsuit and Request for waiver of service of summons by plaintiff EEOC. (former empl) (Entered: 08/22/1999)	Aug. 20, 1999	Aug. 20, 1999
4	NOTICE of attorney appearance for plaintiff EEOC by Edwin Lake Turnage (former empl) (Entered: 11/16/1999)	Nov. 15, 1999	Nov. 15, 1999
5	CONSENT ORDER granting the request for enlargment of time to answer, move, or otherwise plead until 12/15/99. ( signed by Magistrate Judge Joseph R. McCrorey ) mld (former empl) (Entered: 11/17/1999)	Nov. 16, 1999	Nov. 16, 1999
6	ORDER, extending time , reset answer due for 1/4/00 for Lucent Technologies . Defendant is instructed not to submit further pleadings directly to the Magistrate Judge and is instructed to comply with the local rule to associate local counsel to sign all pleadings. ( signed by Magistrate Judge Joseph R. McCrorey ) mld (former empl) (Entered: 12/16/1999)	Dec. 15, 1999	Dec. 15, 1999
7	ANSWER to Complaint by defendant Lucent Technologies (Attorney J. Theodore Gentry), (kcam) (Entered: 01/04/2000)	Jan. 4, 2000	Jan. 4, 2000
8	SCHEDULING ORDER setting Joining of parties,amending of pleadings on 2/4/00 ; Deadline for filing of all motions 4/24/00 ; Discovery cutoff 4/4/00 ; ( signed by Magistrate Judge Joseph R. McCrorey ) mld (former empl) (Entered: 01/11/2000)	Jan. 10, 2000	Jan. 10, 2000
9	Answers to Local 26.06 Interrogatories by defendant Lucent Technologies (gant) (Entered: 02/04/2000)	Feb. 4, 2000	Feb. 4, 2000
10	CONSENT DECREE of dismissal, the terms of the decree shall be for two years from entry by the Court, each party to bear its own costs and attorney fees, the Court shall retain jurisdiction of this cause for purposes of monitoring compliance with the decree and for entry of any further orders as may be necessary or appropriate, (signed by Joseph Anderson, U.S. District Judge) (ttil) (Entered: 04/13/2000)	April 13, 2000	April 13, 2000
	Case closed (ttil) (Entered: 04/13/2000)	April 13, 2000	April 13, 2000