Case: EEOC v. GRUNTAL & COMPANY, INC.

1:97-cv-03275 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 6, 1997

Closed Date: May 8, 1997

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Case Summary

In May 1997, the New York district office of the EEOC brought this suit against Gruntal & Co., Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The case settled by entry of a consent decree in May 1997. The consent decree required the defendant to pay the six individual claimants $750,000 in damages. No other information was made available pertaining to the consent decree or the nature of the suit because the docket is the only document available.

Summary Authors

Lionel Joiner (7/12/2007)

People

For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/10318686/parties/eeoc-v-gruntal-co-inc/

Judge(s)

Chin, Denny (New York)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Grossman, Elizabeth Anne (New York)

Lee, James L. (New York)

Documents in the Clearinghouse

1:97-cv-03275

Docket [PACER]

EEOC v. Gruntal & Co., Inc

May 8, 1997

May 8, 1997

Docket

Resources

Docket

See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/10318686/eeoc-v-gruntal-co-inc/

Last updated Nov. 4, 2026, 5:11 p.m.

Docket for: EEOC v. Gruntal & Co., Inc.
ECF Number Date Description Link
1 May 6, 1997

COMPLAINT filed; Summons issued and Notice pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 636(c); FILING FEE $ -USA- (sac) (Entered: 05/06/1997)

RECAP
May 6, 1997

Magistrate Judge Francis is so Designated. (sac) (Entered: 05/06/1997)

PACER
May 6, 1997

Magistrate Judge Francis is so Designated. (sac)

2 May 7, 1997

SEALED DOCUMENT placed in vault (da) (Entered: 05/07/1997)

RECAP
3 May 8, 1997

CONSENT DECREE, for settlement of the action without further litigation as listed, including $750,000.00 in compensatory damges to the six aggrieved inidviduals. ( signed by Judge Denny Chin ); (cd) (Entered: 05/08/1997)

RECAP
May 8, 1997

Case closed (cd)

Case Details

State / Territory:

New York

Case Type(s):

Equal Employment

Special Collection(s):

EEOC Study — in sample

Key Dates

Filing Date: May 6, 1997

Closing Date: May 8, 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

Gruntal & Company, Inc.

Case Details

Other Dockets:

Southern District of New York 1:97-cv-03275

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: 750000

Issues

Discrimination Area:

Disparate Treatment

EEOC-centric:

Direct Suit on Merits

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