Case: EEOC v. Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

4:02-cv-00243 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Nov. 15, 2002

Closed Date: May 13, 2003

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Case Summary

The EEOC's Atlanta district office sued Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, a national manufacturer of private aircraft, on November 15, 2002 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. The EEOC's complaint alleged that Gulfstream violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act when it discriminated against a class of sixty six employees over the age of forty by terminating their employment or forcing them to resign. The parties entered into a consent decree on May 12, 2003 which stipulated that Gulfstream would pay $2,176,307 in total damages to the complainants, provide ADEA training for its managers, revise its EEO policy, post a notice of compliance with the ADEA, offer the possibility of reinstatement for the complainants, report complaints involving violations of the ADEA to the EEOC, report large firings to the EEOC, appoint a compliance official, and allow the EEOC to enter the Gulfstream premises at Savannah to inspect for compliance with the consent decree.

Summary Authors

Aaron Weismann (6/19/2007)

People

For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4243559/parties/equal-employment-v-gulfstream-aerospace/

Judge(s)

Edenfield, Berry Avant (Georgia)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Attorney for Defendant

Herring, Wade Wilkes (Georgia)

Kilberg, William J. (Georgia)

Expert/Monitor/Master/Other

Buckley, Edward D. (Georgia)

LeFevre, Douglas (Georgia)

Judge(s)

Edenfield, Berry Avant (Georgia)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Royal, S. Robert (Georgia)

Smith, Gayle (Georgia)

Tapper, Steven M. (Georgia)

Attorney for Defendant

Herring, Wade Wilkes (Georgia)

Kilberg, William J. (Georgia)

Sparlin, Derry Dean (Georgia)

Other

Buckley, Edward D. (Georgia)

LeFevre, Douglas (Georgia)

Middleton, Edgar P. (Georgia)

Shubber, Adel (Georgia)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

Documents in this case

4:02-cv-00243	Docket	June 26, 2006	June 26, 2006 Docket
1 4:02-cv-00243	Complaint	Nov. 15, 2002	Nov. 15, 2002 Complaint
4 4:02-cv-00243	Order Preliminarily Approving Consent Decree	Dec. 3, 2002	Dec. 3, 2002 Order/Opinion
	EEOC Press Release No Court	Dec. 11, 2002	Dec. 11, 2002 Press Release
21 4:02-cv-00243	Order [RE:Protective Order]	April 17, 2003	April 17, 2003 Order/Opinion
27 4:02-cv-00243	Order [Regarding Motions to Quash]	April 25, 2003	April 25, 2003 Order/Opinion
30 4:02-cv-00243	Consent Decree	May 12, 2003	May 12, 2003 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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ECF Number	Date	Description	Link
1	Nov. 15, 2002	COMPLAINT (kts) (Entered: 11/15/2002)	Clearinghouse
2	Nov. 15, 2002	GENERAL ORDER of instructions to the parties RE: Rule 26(f) (signed by Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith); [EOD Date 11/15/02] copies served. (kts) (Entered: 11/15/2002)	RECAP
3	Nov. 25, 2002	Attorney Receipt of Instructions for filing the Rule 26(f) Report returned by attorney S. Robert Royal (ww1) (Entered: 11/26/2002)	RECAP
	Dec. 3, 2002	Motion(s) referred: [5-1] motion for attorney Derry Dean Sparlin, Jr. to Appear Pro Hac Vice. referred to Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith (ww1) (Entered: 12/05/2002)	PACER
	Dec. 3, 2002	Motion(s) referred: [6-1] motion for attorney William J. Kilberg to Appear Pro Hac Vice. referred to Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith (ww1) (Entered: 12/05/2002)	PACER
	Dec. 3, 2002	Pro Hac Vice paid by Derry Dean Sparlin Jr. for defendant Gulfstream Aerospace Receipt #400311 Date: 12/3/02 (ww1) (Entered: 12/05/2002)	PACER
	Dec. 3, 2002	Pro Hac Vice paid by William J. Kilberg for defendant Gulfstream Aerospace Receipt #400312 Date: 12/3/02 (ww1) (Entered: 12/05/2002)	PACER
4	Dec. 3, 2002	ORDER preliminarily approving consent decree and setting the fairness hearing for 4/28/02 at 9:30. ( signed by Judge B. Avant Edenfield ); [EOD Date 12/4/02] copies served. (wwp) (Entered: 12/04/2002)	Clearinghouse
5	Dec. 3, 2002	MOTION by Gulfstream Aerospace for attorney Derry Dean Sparlin, Jr. to Appear Pro Hac Vice. with brief in support. (ww1) (Entered: 12/05/2002)	RECAP
6	Dec. 3, 2002	MOTION by Gulfstream Aerospace for attorney William J. Kilberg to Appear Pro Hac Vice. with brief in support. (ww1) (Entered: 12/05/2002)	RECAP
	Dec. 3, 2002	Motion(s) referred: [6-1] motion for attorney William J. Kilberg to Appear Pro Hac Vice. referred to Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith (ww1)
	Dec. 3, 2002	Pro Hac Vice paid by Derry Dean Sparlin Jr. for defendant Gulfstream Aerospace Receipt #400311 Date: 12/3/02 (ww1)
	Dec. 3, 2002	Pro Hac Vice paid by William J. Kilberg for defendant Gulfstream Aerospace Receipt #400312 Date: 12/3/02 (ww1)
	Dec. 3, 2002	Motion(s) referred: [5-1] motion for attorney Derry Dean Sparlin, Jr. to Appear Pro Hac Vice. referred to Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith (ww1)
7	Dec. 9, 2002	ORDER granting [6-1] motion for attorney William J. Kilberg to Appear Pro Hac Vice. Attorney added to case. ( signed by Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith ); [EOD Date 12/9/02] copies served. (wwp) (Entered: 12/09/2002)	RECAP
8	Dec. 9, 2002	ORDER granting [5-1] motion for attorney Derry Dean Sparlin, Jr. to Appear Pro Hac Vice. Attorney added to case. ( signed by Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith ); [EOD Date 12/10/02] copies served. (wwp) (Entered: 12/10/2002)	RECAP
9	March 18, 2003	OBJECTION by interested party Douglas LeFevre to proposed consent decree (ww1) (Entered: 03/18/2003)	RECAP
10	March 28, 2003	OBJECTION by interested party Harold R. Schmidt to Proposed Consent Decree (ww1) (Entered: 03/28/2003)	RECAP
11	March 31, 2003	OBJECTION by claimant Noritoshi Itoi to proposed consent decree (ww1) (Entered: 04/01/2003)	RECAP
12	March 31, 2003	OBJECTION by interested party Edgar P. Middleton to Proposed Consent Decree (ww1) (Entered: 04/01/2003)	RECAP
13	March 31, 2003	OBJECTION by claimant Noritoshi Itoi to Proposed Consent Decree (ww1) (Entered: 04/01/2003)	RECAP
14	March 31, 2003	OBJECTION by interested party Gayle Smith to Proposed Consent Decree (ww1) (Entered: 04/01/2003)	RECAP
15	April 3, 2003	OBJECTION by interested party Adel Shubber to Proposed Consent Decree (ww1) (Entered: 04/04/2003)	RECAP
	April 15, 2003	Motion(s) referred: [17-1] motion for Protective Order referred to Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith (kts) (Entered: 04/16/2003)	PACER
	April 15, 2003	Motion(s) referred: [18-1] motion to Quash subpoenas referred to Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith (kts) (Entered: 04/16/2003)	PACER
16	April 15, 2003	MOTION by Gulfstream Aerospace memorandum to file brief exceeding local rule page limit with brief in support. (wwp) (Entered: 04/15/2003)	RECAP
17	April 15, 2003	EMERGENCY MOTION by Gulfstream Aerospace for Protective Order . (kts) (Entered: 04/16/2003)	RECAP
18	April 15, 2003	MOTION by Gulfstream Aerospace to Quash subpoenas with brief in support. (kts) (Entered: 04/16/2003)	RECAP
	April 15, 2003	Motion(s) referred: [17-1] motion for Protective Order referred to Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith (kts)
	April 15, 2003	Motion(s) referred: [18-1] motion to Quash subpoenas referred to Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith (kts)
	April 16, 2003	Motion(s) referred: [19-1] motion to Quash referred to Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith (kts) (Entered: 04/16/2003)	PACER
19	April 16, 2003	MOTION by Equal Employment to Quash . (kts) (Entered: 04/16/2003)	RECAP
20	April 16, 2003	MEMORANDUM by Equal Employment in support of [19-1] motion to Quash by Equal Employment (kts) (Entered: 04/16/2003)	RECAP
	April 16, 2003	Motion(s) referred: [19-1] motion to Quash referred to Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith (kts)
21	April 17, 2003	ORDER granting [17-1] motion for Protective Order (signed by Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith); [EOD Date 4/17/03] copies served. (ww1) (Entered: 04/17/2003)	Clearinghouse
22	April 21, 2003	Gulfstream's Position Statement (ww1) (Entered: 04/22/2003)	RECAP
24	April 21, 2003	RESPONSE by plaintiff Equal Employment to [15-1] objection by Adel Shubber (wwp) (Entered: 04/22/2003)	RECAP
23	April 22, 2003	MOTION by Equal Employment to exceed page limit for plaintiff equal employment opportunity commision's response to objections to the proposed consent decree with brief in support. (wwp) Modified on 04/23/2003 (Entered: 04/22/2003)	RECAP
25	April 23, 2003	ORDER granting [23-1] motion to exceed page limit for plaintiff equal employment opportunity commision's response to objections to the proposed consent decree (signed by Judge B. Avant Edenfield); [EOD Date 4/23/03] copies served. (ww1) (Entered: 04/23/2003)	RECAP
26	April 24, 2003	RESPONSE by Noritoshi Itoi to [18-1] motion to Quash subpoenas by Gulfstream Aerospace (ww1) (Entered: 04/25/2003)	RECAP
27	April 25, 2003	ORDER granting [19-1] motion to Quash, granting [18-1] motion to Quash subpoenas ( signed by Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith ); [EOD Date 4/28/03] copies served. (wwp) (Entered: 04/28/2003)	Clearinghouse
	April 28, 2003	MINUTE ENTRY: Fairness hearing conducted this date. The Court heard all objections as well as the position of the plaintiff's counsel as to the terms of the settlement. The Court took the matter under advisement and will issue its findings as soon as possible. (rww) (Entered: 05/07/2003)	PACER
	April 28, 2003	MINUTE ENTRY: Fairness hearing conducted this date. The Court heard all objections as well as the position of the plaintiff's counsel as to the terms of the settlement. The Court took the matter under advisement and will issue its findings as soon as possible. (rww)
28	May 1, 2003	OBJECTION by plaintiff Equal Employment to Magistrate Judge's Order of April 25, 2003 granting defendant Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation's motion to Quash[27-1] order (wwp) (Entered: 05/01/2003)	RECAP
29	May 7, 2003	RESPONSE in Opposition by Gulfstream Aerospace in opposition to [28-1] objection by Equal Employment (wwp) (Entered: 05/08/2003)	RECAP
30	May 12, 2003	ORDERed the Court grants final approval of and hereby enters as its Final Judgment, the EEOC/Gulfstream consent decree. Doc #4 at 29. The Court therefore dismisses with prejudice the EEOC's Complaint (DOC # 1), but for settlement-enforcement purposes it retains jurisdiction over the parties for two years from thedate of this Judgment's F. R. Civ.P 58 entry. All outstanding motions (including doc # 16) and objections ( including doc # 28) are denied/overruled. ( signed by Judge B. Avant Edenfield ); [EOD Date 5/12/03] copies served. (wwp) Modified on 05/13/2003 (Entered: 05/12/2003)	Clearinghouse
31	May 12, 2003	JUDGMENT that in accordance with the Court's Order dated 5/12/03, Judgment is hereby entered dismissing Plaintiff's complaint with prejudice. ( signed by Judge B. Avant Edenfield ); [EOD Date 5/12/03] copies served. PLRA Notice mailed. (wwp) (Entered: 05/12/2003)	RECAP
	May 13, 2003	Case closed (wwp) (Entered: 05/13/2003)	PACER
32	May 13, 2003	TRANSCRIPT for dates of 4/28/03 (wwp) (Entered: 05/13/2003)	RECAP
	May 13, 2003	Case closed (wwp)
	June 26, 2006	Record Transferred to FRC. Group 021, Accession 06 0302, Box 10 of 13, Location # 50114125 (bcw) (Entered: 06/26/2006)	PACER
	June 26, 2006	Record Transferred to FRC. Group 021, Accession 06 0302, Box 10 of 13, Location # 50114125 (bcw)

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Case Details

State / Territory:

Georgia

Case Type(s):

Equal Employment

Special Collection(s):

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Key Dates

Filing Date: Nov. 15, 2002

Closing Date: May 13, 2003

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

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Case Details

Causes of Action:

Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq.

Other Dockets:

Southern District of Georgia 4:02-cv-00243

Available Documents:

Complaint (any)

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:

Develop anti-discrimination policy

Discrimination Prohibition

Monitoring

Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law

Provide antidiscrimination training

Recordkeeping

Reinstatement (job, contract, grant, etc.)

Reporting

Retaliation Prohibition

Amount Defendant Pays: 2176307

Order Duration: 2003 - 2005

Issues

General/Misc.:

Pattern or Practice

Discrimination Area:

Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff

Disparate Treatment

Discrimination Basis:

Age discrimination

EEOC-centric:

Direct Suit on Merits

Recommended Citation

Case Summary of EEOC v. Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Civil Rights Litig. Clearinghouse, https://clearinghouse.net/case/8965/ (last updated 6/19/2007).