Case: EEOC v. HEIL TRAILER INTERNATIONAL

1:99-cv-00367 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Dec. 13, 1999

Closed Date: Dec. 6, 2003

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Case Summary

In December 1999, the Memphis Office of the EEOC brought this lawsuit against Heil Trailer International in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. We do not have a copy of the complaint; therefore, the exact allegations involved are unknown. However, the EEOC's annual report indicates that the the defendant trailer manufacturer allegedly failed to hire female applicants for entry level factory positions and otherwise assigned, segregated and limited the job opportunities of female employees because of their sex. Following some scheduling motions, the parties settled the lawsuit through a consent decree in December 2001. This decree required the Defendant to pay $250,000 to women harmed by the alleged practices, to adopt non-discriminatory hiring policies, and to provide training to its managers. This decree as a term of two years.

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Keri Livingston (11/5/2007)

Documents in the Clearinghouse

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1:99-cv-00367	Docket EEOC v. Heil Trailer Inter	Dec. 6, 2001	Dec. 6, 2001 Docket
12 1:99-cv-00367	Consent Decree EEOC v. Heil Trailer International	Dec. 6, 2001	Dec. 6, 2001 Settlement Agreement
	EEOC's FY 2002 Office of General Counsel Annual Report [Selection] EEOC v. Heil Trailer International No Court	Dec. 31, 2003	Dec. 31, 2003 Other

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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; jury demand, Magistrate Judge John Y. Powers designated (TJG) (Entered: 12/14/1999)	Dec. 13, 1999	Dec. 13, 1999
2	WAIVER OF SERVICE mailed 1/5/00 to defendant Heil Trailer Inter accepted by Wm. H. Nehrkorn, VP and General Counsel (TJG) (Entered: 01/18/2000)	Jan. 14, 2000	Jan. 14, 2000
3	ANSWER and affirmative defenses by defendant Heil Trailer International to [1-1] C/S (TJG) (Entered: 02/22/2000)	Feb. 17, 2000	Feb. 17, 2000
4	CERTIFICATES OF GOOD STANDING from Northern Dist of Texas as to Attys Stanley Weiner, Matthew W. Ray and Michelle A. Morgan on behalf of defendant Heil Trailer International. C/S (TJG) (Entered: 02/22/2000)	Feb. 17, 2000	Feb. 17, 2000
	RECEIPT of filing fees for deft's pro havice admission for Attys Weiner, Ray and Morgan; in amt of $180.00; receipt #16868. (TJG) (Entered: 02/22/2000)	Feb. 17, 2000	Feb. 17, 2000
	NOTICE OF SCHEDULING CONF ; Sched conference set for 4:30pm on 5/24/00 (cc: all counsel) (TJG) (Entered: 03/28/2000)	March 27, 2000	March 27, 2000
	NOTICE OF RESETTING OF SCHEDULING CONF ; Scheduling conference is RESET for 3:00pm on 7/10/00 (cc: all counsel) (TJG) (Entered: 03/31/2000)	March 31, 2000	March 31, 2000
5	RULE 26(f) REPORT and PROPOSED DISCOVERY PLAN (Former Emp) (Entered: 05/25/2000)	May 24, 2000	May 24, 2000
6	STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER by Mag Judge John Y. Powers (cc: all counsel) (KFB) (Entered: 06/28/2000)	June 28, 2000	June 28, 2000
7	SCHEDULING ORDER by Honorable R Allan Edgar; Pretrial conference set for 3:00 9/9/02; Jury trial set for 9:30 9/24/02, 60 days, settlement unknown (cc: all counsel) (Former Emp) (Entered: 07/13/2000)	July 13, 2000	July 13, 2000
8	UNOPPOSED MOTION by plaintiff EEOC to substitute Attorney Thomas J. Borek for Steven W. Dills with proposed order. C/S (TJG) Modified on 07/27/2001 (Entered: 07/27/2001)	July 26, 2001	July 26, 2001
9	UNOPPOSED ORDER by Mag Judge John Y. Powers granting the pla's motion to substitute Attorney Thomas J. Borek for Steven W. Dills [8-1]; substituting attorney Thomas J Borek for Steven W. Dills as counsel for EEOC. (cc: all counsel) (TJG) (Entered: 07/31/2001)	July 28, 2001	July 28, 2001
10	UNOPPOSED MOTION by plaintiff EEOC to modify scheduling order w/proposed order C/S (AWH) (Entered: 11/06/2001)	Oct. 31, 2001	Oct. 31, 2001
11	ORDER by Honorable R Allan Edgar granting motion to modify scheduling order [10-1]; disclosures of any expert testimony shall be made by the pla on/before 11/29/01 and by the deft on/before 1/14/02. (cc: all counsel) (TJG) (Entered: 11/06/2001)	Nov. 6, 2001	Nov. 6, 2001
	NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT of case by plaintiff EEOC per telephone call from Draga Anthony (EEOC) to chambers on 11/28/01. (TJG) (Entered: 12/03/2001)	Nov. 28, 2001	Nov. 28, 2001
12	AGREED CONSENT DECREE by Honorable R Allan Edgar dismissing case (cc: all counsel) (AWH) (Entered: 12/06/2001)	Dec. 6, 2001	Dec. 6, 2001 Clearinghouse