Case: EEOC v. SERVICEMASTER AVIATION SERVICES, L.P.

1:99-cv-01313 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: May 21, 1999

Closed Date: July 20, 2000

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Case Summary

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)

People

Judge(s)

Dougherty, John E. (Georgia)

Strother, John R. Jr. (Georgia)

Judge(s)

Dougherty, John E. (Georgia)

Strother, John R. Jr. (Georgia)

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Documents in this case

1:99-cv-01313	Docket [PACER] EEOC v. Servicemaster Aviation Services, L.P.	Aug. 17, 2000	Aug. 17, 2000 Docket
1:99-cv-01313	FY 2000 Annual Performance Report EEOC v. Servicemaster Aviation Services, L.P. No Court	Dec. 31, 2000	Dec. 31, 2000 Press Release

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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

Last updated March 24, 2025, 8:28 a.m.

ECF Number	Date	Description	Link
1	May 21, 1999	COMPLAINT filed and summons issued. Consent form to proceed before U.S. magistrate and pretrial instructions given to attorney; jury demand (djh) (Entered: 05/28/1999)	PACER
2	May 21, 1999	ANSWERS TO MANDATORY DISCLOSURES by plaintiff (djh) (Entered: 05/28/1999)	PACER
	May 21, 1999	CASE REFERRED to Mag Judge John E. Dougherty (Calendar sheets forwarded) (djh) (Entered: 05/28/1999)	PACER
4	July 2, 1999	WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed as to Servicemaster Aviati mailed 5/27/99 Answer due by 7/26/99 for Servicemaster Aviati (pdw) (Entered: 07/12/1999)	PACER
	July 15, 1999	SUBMITTED to Mag Judge John E. Dougherty on [3-1] motion to intervene (djh) (Entered: 07/15/1999)	PACER
5	July 26, 1999	ANSWER by Servicemaster Aviati to complaint [1-1] Discovery ends 12/23/99 (kt) (Entered: 07/26/1999)	PACER
6	July 26, 1999	ANSWER by defendant Delta Airlines, Inc. to complaint [1-1] (llg) (Entered: 07/27/1999)	PACER
7	Aug. 10, 1999	ANSWERS TO MANDATORY DISCLOSURES by Delta Airlines, Inc. (kt) (Entered: 08/13/1999)	PACER
8	Aug. 10, 1999	Certificate of interested persons. (to JED) (kt) (Entered: 08/13/1999)	PACER
9	Aug. 10, 1999	ANSWERS TO MANDATORY DISCLOSURES by Servicemaster Aviati (kt) (Entered: 08/13/1999)	PACER
10	Aug. 17, 1999	Application for admission of pro hac vice for Lawrence C. DiNardo for Servicemaster Aviation (to TWT) (llg) Modified on 08/23/1999 (Entered: 08/23/1999)	PACER
11	Aug. 25, 1999	Preliminary Statement and Scheduling Order. (to JED) (bsm) (Entered: 08/26/1999)	PACER
	Aug. 27, 1999	ENDORSED ORDER on application by Judge Thomas W. Thrash GRANTING [10-1] pro hac vice application (cc) (llg) (Entered: 08/31/1999)	PACER
12	Sept. 17, 1999	ORDER by Mag Judge John E. Dougherty GRANTING [3-1] motion to intervene by Hassan Moawiye, Abdiwali Hassan, Ahmed H. Yusuf, Abdirashid H. Yusuf, Keyse H. Mohamed, and Hassan A. Farah. (cc) (llg) (Entered: 09/20/1999)	PACER
13	Oct. 29, 1999	Joint MOTION by parties for court-supervised settlement conference , and to stay proceedings (to mag judge) (pdw) (Entered: 11/02/1999)	PACER
14	Nov. 4, 1999	Memo for limited referral to Mag Judge Janet F. King for settlement conference by Mag Judge John R. Strother Jr. (bsm) (Entered: 11/12/1999)	PACER
15	Nov. 12, 1999	Notice of change of address by defendant's counsel Peter N. Farley. (llg) (Entered: 11/16/1999)	PACER
16	Nov. 15, 1999	ORDER by Mag Judge John E. Dougherty GRANTING [13-1] joint motion for court-supervised settlement conference and GRANTING [13-2] joint motion to stay proceedings (cc) (llg) (Entered: 11/16/1999)	PACER
17	Nov. 16, 1999	ORDER by Mag Judge Janet F. King setting settlement conference. Settlement conference set for 9:30am on 12/13/99 (copies served by magistrate) (llg) (Entered: 11/16/1999)	PACER
18	Dec. 17, 1999	Joint MOTION to amend caption and correct name of defendant (to CAP) (llg) (Entered: 12/20/1999)	PACER
19	Dec. 28, 1999	CONSENT ORDER by Judge Charles A. Pannell GRANTING [18-1] joint motion to amend caption and correct name of defendant to ServiceMaster Aviation Services, Inc. (cc) (bsm) (Entered: 12/29/1999)	PACER
	Jan. 2, 2000	Completed referral to Mag Judge John E. Dougherty (so) (Entered: 01/12/2000)	PACER
	Jan. 3, 2000	CASE REFERRED to Mag Judge Linda T. Walker (Calendar sheets forwarded) (so) (Entered: 01/12/2000)	PACER
20	Jan. 25, 2000	Joint MOTION by intervenor-plaintiffs and defendants to dismiss w/prej all claims of the intervenor-plaintiffs , as the parties have settled their disputes, with parties to bear their own costs. Plaintiff EEOC will remain as a party as its claims are not being dismissed at this time. Proposed order attached. (to CAP) (pdw) (Entered: 01/25/2000)	PACER
21	Jan. 27, 2000	ORDER by Judge Charles A. Pannell GRANTING [20-1] joint motion to dismiss w/prej all claims of the intervenor-plaintiffs. The sole remaining plaintiff in this case shall be the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (cc) (llg) (Entered: 01/28/2000)	PACER
	July 14, 2000	Proposed consent decree. (TO CAP) (als) (Entered: 07/19/2000)	PACER
22	July 20, 2000	CONSENT DECREE by Judge Charles A. Pannell as to the defendants instituted by the plaintiffs. This Consent Decree will promote and effectuate the purposes of Title VII and is not deemed or construed to be an admission of liability of wrongdoing by the dft, but constitutes the good faith settlement of a disputed claim (cc) (als) (Entered: 07/21/2000)	PACER
	July 20, 2000	Case terminated. (als) (Entered: 07/21/2000)	PACER
	July 20, 2000	Completed referral to Mag Judge Linda T. Walker (als) (Entered: 07/28/2000)	PACER
23	Aug. 17, 2000	Notice of filing of certification of posting by defendant Servicemaster Aviation. (aar) (Entered: 08/18/2000)	PACER

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Case Details

State / Territory:

Georgia

Case Type(s):

Equal Employment

Special Collection(s):

EEOC Study — in sample

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):

EEOC Plaintiff

Private Plaintiff

Attorney Organizations:

EEOC

Public Interest Lawyer: Yes

Filed Pro Se: No

Class Action Sought: Unknown

Class Action Outcome: Unknown

Defendants

Private Entity/Person

Delta Airlines, Inc.

Servicemaster Aviation Services, L.P.

ServiceMaster Aviation, Inc.

Case Details

Causes of Action:

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

Other Dockets:

Northern District of Georgia 1:99-cv-01313

Available Documents:

Trial Court Docket

Outcome

Prevailing Party: Plaintiff OR Mixed

Relief Granted:

Damages

Source of Relief:

Settlement

Form of Settlement:

Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree

Amount Defendant Pays: 144000

Issues

Discrimination Area:

Accommodation / Leave

Disparate Treatment

Discrimination Basis:

Religion discrimination

EEOC-centric:

Direct Suit on Merits

Private Party intervened in EEOC suit

Recommended Citation

Case Summary of EEOC v. SERVICEMASTER AVIATION SERVICES, L.P., Civil Rights Litig. Clearinghouse, https://clearinghouse.net/case/8690/ (last updated 7/31/2007).