Case: EEOC v. NASHOBA PUBLICATIONS, INC.

1:97-cv-10850 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 18, 1997

Closed Date: 1998

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Case Summary

On April 18, 1997, the New York office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against Nashoba Publications, Inc. and Frank Hartnett, Jr. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. We have only the docket in this case, so we have no further information on the allegations made by the EEOC against the defendants.

On November 4, 1998, the parties entered into a consent decree, which the district court adopted on the same day, closing the case. We have no information on the terms of the settlement.

Summary Authors

Justin Kanter (3/4/2008)

People

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Judge(s)

Harrington, Edward Francis (Massachusetts)

Documents in the Clearinghouse

Documents in this case

1:97-cv-10850

Docket [PACER]

EEOC v. Nashoba Publications

Nov. 4, 1998

Nov. 4, 1998

Docket

Resources

Docket

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Last updated Sept. 17, 2026, 8:05 p.m.

Docket for: Equal Employment v. Nashoba Publications
ECF Number Date Description Link
1 April 18, 1997

Complaint filed. Case assigned to Judge: Harrington. Receipt #: N/A Amount:$ N/A. Fee Status: None (dms) (Entered: 04/23/1997)

PACER
2 April 18, 1997

Notice of appearance of attorney for Nashoba Publications, Frank Hartnett Jr. by David Rapaport, filed. (dms) (Entered: 04/23/1997)

PACER
3 May 2, 1997

Waiver of service returned executed as to Nashoba Publications, Frank Hartnett Jr.. Mailed on 4/28/97 . Answer due on 6/27/97 for Frank Hartnett Jr., for Nashoba Publications (seh) (Entered: 05/05/1997)

PACER
4 May 2, 1997

Document disclosure by Nashoba Publications, Frank Hartnett Jr. ,filed. (seh) (Entered: 05/05/1997)

PACER
5 May 2, 1997

Answer by Nashoba Publications to complaint , filed. (seh) (Entered: 05/05/1997)

PACER
6 May 2, 1997

Answer by Frank Hartnett Jr. to complaint , filed. (seh) (Entered: 05/05/1997)

PACER
7 May 5, 1997

Judge Edward F. Harrington . Notice of Hearing/conference: SET scheduling conference for 2:00 7/28/97 . cc/cl (seh) (Entered: 05/06/1997)

PACER
8 May 13, 1997

Motion by Nashoba Publications for leave to take discovery prior to initial scheduling conference , filed. (seh) (Entered: 05/13/1997)

PACER
9 May 23, 1997

Response by Equal Employment to [8-1] motion for leave to take discovery prior to initial scheduling conference , filed. (seh) (Entered: 05/28/1997)

PACER
10 July 24, 1997

Joint statement by Equal Employment , re: Local Rule 16.1(D), filed. (seh) (Entered: 07/25/1997)

PACER
11 July 28, 1997

Amended complaint by Equal Employment filed. (Answer due 8/7/97 for Frank Hartnett Jr., for Nashoba Publications ) . Amended complaint amends [1-1] complaint. (Consent to the filing of the amended complaint by Nashoba Publication, Inc. and Frank Hartnett, Jr.) (seh) (Entered: 07/29/1997)

PACER
12 July 28, 1997

Judge Edward F. Harrington . Clerk's Notes: re: scheduling conference. Final pretrial order issued: conference scheduled for 5/18/98 at 2:00 P.M. Court Reporter: PCP (seh) (Entered: 07/30/1997)

PACER
13 July 28, 1997

Judge Edward F. Harrington . Procedural Order entered re: Pretrial; Pretrial Conference set for 2:00 5/18/98. SO ORDERED. cc/cl (seh) (Entered: 07/30/1997)

PACER
July 28, 1997

Scheduling conference held . (seh) (Entered: 07/30/1997)

PACER
14 Oct. 3, 1997

Notice of change of address filed by David Rapaport . (sat) Modified on 10/03/1997 (Entered: 10/03/1997)

PACER
15 Nov. 3, 1997

Motion by Patricia Thorpe and Mary Knepper-Merrow to intervene , filed. (seh) (Entered: 11/03/1997)

PACER
16 Nov. 14, 1997

Memorandum by Nashoba Publications, Frank Hartnett Jr. in opposition to [15-1] motion to intervene , filed. (seh) (Entered: 11/17/1997)

PACER
Dec. 4, 1997

Judge Edward F. Harrington . Endorsed Order entered denying [15-1] motion to intervene. MOTION IS DENIED. cc/cl (seh) (Entered: 12/05/1997)

PACER
17 Feb. 17, 1998

Motion by Equal Employment to interview potential witnesses who are employees of defendant Nashoba Publications, Inc. , filed. (seh) (Entered: 02/18/1998)

PACER
18 Feb. 17, 1998

Memorandum by Equal Employment in support of [17-1] motion to interview potential witnesses who are employees of defendant Nashoba Publications, Inc. , filed. (seh) (Entered: 02/18/1998)

PACER
19 Feb. 27, 1998

Memorandum by Nashoba Publications, Frank Hartnett Jr. in opposition to [17-1] motion to interview potential witnesses who are employees of defendant Nashoba Publications, Inc. , filed. (fmr) (Entered: 03/02/1998)

PACER
20 Feb. 27, 1998

STIPULATION (Motion) by Equal Employment, Nashoba Publications, Frank Hartnett Jr., to extend time to 5/1/98 to complete expert discovery , filed. (fmr) (Entered: 03/02/1998)

PACER
March 4, 1998

Judge Edward F. Harrington . Endorsed Order entered denying [17-1] motion to interview potential witnesses who are employees of defendant Nashoba Publications, Inc. Plaintiff is to proceed by way of deposition of the five undeposed employees. (fmr) (Entered: 03/04/1998)

PACER
21 May 5, 1998

Motion by Equal Employment to compel production of documents , filed. (seh) (Entered: 05/05/1998)

PACER
23 May 8, 1998

Notice of appearance of attorney for Nashoba Publications, Frank Hartnett Jr. by Theresa Finn Dever, filed. (seh) (Entered: 05/08/1998)

PACER
24 May 8, 1998

Joint motion by Equal Employment, Nashoba Publications, Frank Hartnett Jr. to extend time to 5/13/98 to file pretrial memorandum , filed. . (seh) (Entered: 05/08/1998)

PACER
May 11, 1998

Judge Edward F. Harrington . Endorsed Order entered granting [24-1] joint motion to extend time to 5/13/98 to file pretrial memorandum. MOTION ALLOWED. cc/cl (seh) (Entered: 05/12/1998)

PACER
25 May 13, 1998

Pretrial memorandum by Equal Employment, Nashoba Publications, Frank Hartnett Jr. , filed. (lau) (Entered: 05/14/1998)

PACER
26 May 18, 1998

Judge Edward F. Harrington . Clerk's Notes: re: pretrial conference. Trial order issued: trial scheduled for 11/2/98 at 9:00 A.M. Court Reporter: none (seh) (Entered: 05/19/1998)

PACER
27 May 18, 1998

Judge Edward F. Harrington . Procedural Order entered re: Trial; Jury Trial set for 9:00 11/2/98. cc/cl (seh) (Entered: 05/19/1998)

PACER
30 May 18, 1998

Motion by Nashoba Publications, Frank Hartnett Jr. to compel claimant Patricia A. Thorpe to answer deosition questions concerning prior treatment for emotional distress , filed. (seh) (Entered: 06/12/1998)

PACER
31 May 18, 1998

Memorandum by Nashoba Publications, Frank Hartnett Jr. in support of [30-1] motion to compel claimant Patricia A. Thorpe to answer deosition questions concerning prior treatment for emotional distress , filed. (seh) (Entered: 06/12/1998)

PACER
32 May 18, 1998

Motion by Nashoba Publications, Frank Hartnett Jr. for order directing plaintiff's counsel to identify himself when contacting prospective witnesses , filed. (seh) (Entered: 06/12/1998)

PACER
33 May 18, 1998

Affidavit of Effie Ford, re: [32-1] motion for order directing plaintiff's counsel to identify himself when contacting prospective witnesses , filed. (seh) (Entered: 06/12/1998)

PACER
May 18, 1998

Pre-trial conference held . (seh) (Entered: 05/19/1998)

PACER
28 May 19, 1998

Memorandum by Nashoba Publications, Frank Hartnett Jr. in opposition to [21-1] motion to compel production of documents , filed. (seh) (Entered: 05/20/1998)

PACER
29 June 1, 1998

Motion by Equal Employment to extend time to 6/12/98 to submit opposition , filed. (seh) (Entered: 06/02/1998)

PACER
June 2, 1998

Judge Edward F. Harrington . Endorsed Order entered granting [29-1] motion to extend time to 6/12/98 to submit opposition. MOTION ALLOWED. cc/cl (seh) (Entered: 06/03/1998)

PACER
34 June 12, 1998

Response by Equal Employment to [32-1] motion for order directing plaintiff's counsel to identify himself when contacting prospective witnesses , filed. (seh) (Entered: 06/12/1998)

PACER
36 June 16, 1998

Motion by Nashoba Publications, Frank Hartnett Jr. for leave to file reply memorandum , filed. (seh) (Entered: 06/18/1998)

PACER
37 June 16, 1998

Reply memorandum by Nashoba Publications, Frank Hartnett Jr. in support of [30-1] motion to compel claimant Patricia A. Thorpe to answer deosition questions concerning prior treatment for emotional distress , filed. (seh) (Entered: 06/18/1998)

PACER
June 19, 1998

Judge Edward F. Harrington . Endorsed Order entered granting [36-1] motion for leave to file reply memorandum. DEFENDANTS' MOTION IS ALLOWED. cc/cl (seh) (Entered: 06/22/1998)

PACER
July 20, 1998

Judge Edward F. Harrington . Endorsed Order entered denying [21-1] motion to compel production of documents. MOTION DENIED. cc/cl (seh) (Entered: 07/20/1998)

PACER
July 20, 1998

Judge Edward F. Harrington . Endorsed Order entered granting [30-1] motion to compel claimant Patricia A. Thorpe to answer deosition questions concerning prior treatment for emotional distress. MOTION ALLOWED. cc/cl (seh) (Entered: 07/20/1998)

PACER
July 20, 1998

Judge Edward F. Harrington . Endorsed Order entered granting [32-1] motion for order directing plaintiff's counsel to identify himself when contacting prospective witnesses. MOTION ALLOWED. cc/cl (seh) (Entered: 07/20/1998)

PACER
38 July 22, 1998

Judge Edward F. Harrington . Order entered granting [20-1] stipulation motion to extend time to 5/1/98 to complete expert discovery. SO ORDERED. cc/cl (seh) (Entered: 07/23/1998)

PACER
39 Sept. 16, 1998

Notice of change of address filed by David Rapaport by Nashoba Publications, Frank Hartnett Jr. . (seh) (Entered: 09/18/1998)

PACER
40 Nov. 4, 1998

Judge Edward F. Harrington . Consent judgment/decree entered for Equal Employment against Nashoba Publications, Frank Hartnett Jr.. SO ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED. cc/cl (seh) (Entered: 11/06/1998)

PACER
Nov. 4, 1998

Case closed. (seh) (Entered: 11/06/1998)

PACER

Case Details

State / Territory:

Massachusetts

Case Type(s):

Equal Employment

Special Collection(s):

EEOC Study — in sample

Key Dates

Filing Date: April 18, 1997

Closing Date: 1998

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

Frank Hartnett, Jr.

Nashoba Publications, Inc.

Case Details

Other Dockets:

District of Massachusetts 1:97-cv-10850

Available Documents:

Trial Court Docket

Outcome

Prevailing Party: Plaintiff OR Mixed

Relief Granted:

Unknown

Source of Relief:

Settlement

Form of Settlement:

Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree

Issues

Discrimination Area:

Disparate Treatment

EEOC-centric:

Direct Suit on Merits

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