Case: EEOC v. YOUTH CARE FOUNDATION, INC. dba BEAR CREEK RANCH

5:97-cv-00715 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: June 11, 1997

Closed Date: 1997

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Case Summary

In June 1997, the San Antonio office of the EEOC brought this Title VII suit against Youth Care Foundation, Inc. d/b/a Bear Creek Ranch in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. The complaint alleged that the defendant subjected the claimants and other females to a hostile environment because of their sex, discharged females because of their sex, and retaliated against female employees who complained. The parties settled by entry of a consent decree in October 1997, and it …

The five year consent decree required the defendant to pay the claimants $15,000, refrain from discrimination, retaliation, and harassment, make an offer of reinstatement to the claimants, draft and implement an anti-harassment and anti-retaliation policy, train supervisors, managers, officers, directors, and any individuals designated for reports of sexual harassment, post notice, expunge the claimant's records, provide claimants with a positive reference, and apologize to the claimants.

Summary Authors

Kevin Wilemon (6/8/2007)

People

For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/34726036/parties/eeoc-v-youth-care-foundatio/

Judge(s)

Prado, Edward Charles (Texas)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Biggs, Susan B. (Texas)

Harwin, Robert B. (Texas)

Lage, Christopher (Texas)

Attorney for Defendant

Barnhart, Carl (Texas)

Judge(s)

Prado, Edward Charles (Texas)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Biggs, Susan B. (Texas)

Harwin, Robert B. (Texas)

Lage, Christopher (Texas)

Attorney for Defendant

Barnhart, Carl (Texas)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

Documents in this case

5:97-cv-00715	Docket (PACER) EEOC v. Youth Care Foundatio	March 26, 1998	March 26, 1998 Docket
10 5:97-cv-00715	Consent Decree Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Youth Care Foundation, Inc. d/b/a Bear Creek Ranch	Oct. 3, 1997	Oct. 3, 1997 Settlement Agreement
13 5:97-cv-00715	Modification to Consent Decree Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Youth Care Foundation, Inc. d/b/a Bear Creek Ranch	Dec. 22, 1997	Dec. 22, 1997 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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Docket for: EEOC v. Youth Care Foundatio

ECF Number	Date	Description	Link
1	June 11, 1997	Demand for jury trial by EEOC (wg) (Entered: 06/11/1997)	RECAP
	June 11, 1997	Case assigned to Honorable D. W. Suttle (wg) (Entered: 06/11/1997)	PACER
	June 11, 1997	Summons issued for Youth Care Foundation, Inc., d/b/a Bear Creek Ranch (wg) (Entered: 06/11/1997)	PACER
	June 11, 1997	Case assigned to Honorable D. W. Suttle (wg)
	June 11, 1997	Summons issued for Youth Care Foundation, Inc., d/b/a Bear Creek Ranch (wg)
2	June 13, 1997	ORDER referring case to a United States Magistrate Judge for disposition of all pretrial matters including the pretrial conference and/or memorandum and recommendation (rg) (Entered: 06/16/1997)	RECAP
	June 13, 1997	Case referred to Honorable Robert B. O'Connor (rg) (Entered: 06/17/1997)	PACER
	June 13, 1997	Case referred to Honorable Robert B. O'Connor (rg)
3	Sept. 2, 1997	Motion by Youth Care Foundatio for Carl Barnhart to appear pro hac vice (lp) (Entered: 09/02/1997)	RECAP
4	Sept. 8, 1997	Answer by Youth Care Foundatio (lp) (Entered: 09/08/1997)	RECAP
5	Sept. 16, 1997	Order granting motion for Carl Barnhart to appear pro hac vice [3-1] (lp) (Entered: 09/17/1997)	RECAP
6	Sept. 23, 1997	Scheduling order setting Joining of parties, amending of pleadings on 1/21/98 Deadline for filing of all motions 4/6/98 Discovery cutoff 3/23/98 ; Alternate Dispute Resolution Report due by 12/22/97 Jury Trial for 9:30 6/22/98 (lp) (Entered: 09/24/1997)	RECAP
7	Sept. 23, 1997	Order concerning consent trials, discovery, pretrial matters and pretrial order (lp) (Entered: 09/24/1997)	RECAP
8	Sept. 29, 1997	Joint motion by EEOC, Youth Care Foundatio to enter consent decree (rg) (Entered: 10/01/1997)	RECAP
9	Oct. 3, 1997	Order granting joint motion to enter consent decree [8-1] (rg) (Entered: 10/06/1997)	RECAP
10	Oct. 3, 1997	Consent Decree (Pages: 7) (rg) (Entered: 10/06/1997)	RECAP
	Oct. 3, 1997	CASE NO LONGER REFERRED TO Honorable Robert B. O'Connor (rg) (Entered: 10/06/1997)	PACER
	Oct. 3, 1997	CASE NO LONGER REFERRED TO Honorable Robert B. O'Connor (rg)
	Oct. 3, 1997	Case closed (rg)
11	Oct. 28, 1997	Joint Motion by EEOC, Youth Care Foundatio to enter modification to consent decree (lp) (Entered: 10/28/1997)	RECAP
12	Nov. 5, 1997	Ordered that this case be returned to the District Clerk for random reassignment. (lp) (Entered: 11/07/1997)	RECAP
	Nov. 5, 1997	Case reassigned from Honorable D. W. Suttle to Honorable Edward C. Prado (lp) (Entered: 11/07/1997)	PACER
	Nov. 5, 1997	Case reassigned from Honorable D. W. Suttle to Honorable Edward C. Prado (lp)
13	Dec. 22, 1997	Order granting motion to enter modification to consent decree [11-1] (lp) (Entered: 02/12/1998)	RECAP
	March 26, 1998	Abstract of judgment issued and mailed to EEOC (lp) (Entered: 03/26/1998)	PACER
	March 26, 1998	Abstract of judgment issued and mailed to EEOC (lp)

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Case Details

State / Territory:

Texas

Case Type(s):

Equal Employment

Special Collection(s):

EEOC Study — in sample

Key Dates

Filing Date: June 11, 1997

Closing Date: 1997

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

Youth Care Foundation, Inc.

Case Details

Causes of Action:

Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e

Other Dockets:

Western District of Texas 5:97-cv-00715

Available Documents:

Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief

Monetary Relief

Trial Court Docket

Outcome

Prevailing Party: Plaintiff OR Mixed

Relief Granted:

Damages

Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement

Source of Relief:

Settlement

Form of Settlement:

Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree

Content of Injunction:

Apology

Develop anti-discrimination policy

Discrimination Prohibition

Expungement of Employment Record

Monitoring

Neutral/Positive Reference

Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law

Provide antidiscrimination training

Reinstatement (job, contract, grant, etc.)

Retaliation Prohibition

Amount Defendant Pays: 15000

Order Duration: 1997 - 2002

Issues

Discrimination Area:

Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff

Disparate Treatment

Harassment / Hostile Work Environment

Discrimination Basis:

Sex discrimination

Affected Sex/Gender(s):

Female

EEOC-centric:

Direct Suit on Merits

Recommended Citation

Case Summary of EEOC v. YOUTH CARE FOUNDATION, INC. dba BEAR CREEK RANCH, Civil Rights Litig. Clearinghouse, https://clearinghouse.net/case/8255/ (last updated 6/8/2007).