Case: EEOC v. SUBWAY OF ASHEVILLE #7 LLC

1:05-cv-00046 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Feb. 23, 2005

Closed Date: 2010

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Case Summary

In February 2005, the EEOC's Washington, D.C., office filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina against Subway of Asheville #7, Inc., and four other companies, all engaged in an integrated business enterprise in the City of Asheville, alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the EEOC alleged that at the defendants' restaurant a number of women were sexually harassed, subjected to a hostile working environment, constructively discharged and retaliated against. Five complainants intervened in the EEOC's suit successfully in May and July 2005. In May 2006, the parties submitted a consent decree that was adopted by the court. The decree awarded $140,000 to the various complainants and enjoined the defendants from discriminating or retaliating in the future. The decree also imposed on the defendants the obligations to create an ant-discrimination policy, create training programs and maintain a variety of records concerning complaints of sexual harassment that may be brought to their attention in the future. The decree was to last for four years. The docket sheet doesn't show any further enforcement took place; the case was presumably closed in 2010.

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Tony Friedman (8/16/2007)

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People

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Judge(s)

Howell, Dennis L (North Carolina)

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Howell, Dennis L (North Carolina)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

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1:05-cv-00046	Docket [PACER] EEOC v. Subway of A'ville #7 et al	May 19, 2006	May 19, 2006 Docket
1 1:05-cv-00046	Complaint EEOC v. Subway of Asheville #7 LLC et al	Feb. 23, 2005	Feb. 23, 2005 Complaint
18 1:05-cv-00046	Complaint in Intervention of Intervenors Melanie Cooper, Crystal Green, Christina Jackson and Danita Powell EEOC et al v. Subway of Asheville #7 LLC et al	June 8, 2005	June 8, 2005 Complaint
25 1:05-cv-00046	Complaint in Intervention of Intervenor Jennifer Grady EEOC et al v. Subway of Asheville #7 LLC et al	July 8, 2005	July 8, 2005 Complaint
31 1:05-cv-00046	Consent Decree EEOC et al v. Subway of Asheville #7 LLC et al	May 19, 2006	May 19, 2006 Settlement Agreement

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Resources

Title	Description		External URL Date / External URL
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

See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/5272348/eeoc-v-subway-of-aville-7/

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ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
10	ORDER denying 8 Motion to Intervene . Signed by Judge Dennis Howell on 5/3/05. (Gosnell, Joan)	May 3, 2005	May 3, 2005 RECAP
17	ORDER granting granting 16 Motion to Intervene . Signed by Judge Dennis Howell on 5/20/05. (Gosnell, Joan)	May 20, 2005	May 20, 2005 RECAP
23	ORDER granting 21 Motion to Intervene . Signed by Judge Dennis Howell on 7/5/05. (Barton, Elizabeth)	July 5, 2005	July 5, 2005 RECAP
31	CONSENT DECREE for plaintiffs against defendants. Signed by Judge Dennis Howell on 5/19/06. (Gosnell, Joan)	May 19, 2006	May 19, 2006 RECAP