Filed Date: May 21, 1999
Closed Date: July 20, 2000
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In May 1999, the Atlanta District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Servicemaster Aviation Services, L.P., Delta Airlines, Inc. and a related business in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. We do not have a copy of the complaint; therefore, the exact allegations involved are unknown. According to an EEOC press release, the complaint alleged that the defendants discriminated against the six charging parties, employees who practiced Islam, by failing to accommodate their religious beliefs when they tried to make the employees cut their beards which they kept because of their religion. The charging parties intervened in the suit in September 1999. After some scheduling orders, the parties seemed to reach a tentative settlement in late January 2000 and voluntarily dismissed the case. However, the parties reached a final settlement in July 2000 through a consent decree. We do not have a copy of the decree, but it appears from an EEOC press release that it required the defendant to pay $144,000.
Summary Authors
Michele Marxkors (7/31/2007)
Dougherty, John E. (Georgia)
Strother, John R. Jr. (Georgia)
Dougherty, John E. (Georgia)
Strother, John R. Jr. (Georgia)
Last updated May 12, 2022, 8 p.m.
State / Territory: Georgia
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: May 21, 1999
Closing Date: July 20, 2000
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.
Plaintiff Type(s):
Attorney Organizations:
Public Interest Lawyer: Yes
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: Unknown
Class Action Outcome: Unknown
Defendants
Servicemaster Aviation Services, L.P., Private Entity/Person
ServiceMaster Aviation, Inc., Private Entity/Person
Delta Airlines, Inc. , Private Entity/Person
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
Availably Documents:
Outcome
Prevailing Party: Plaintiff
Nature of Relief:
Source of Relief:
Form of Settlement:
Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Amount Defendant Pays: 144000
Issues
General:
Discrimination-area:
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