Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2004
Closed Date: July 20, 2008
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In September 2004, the Memphis Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Mirabile Investment Corporation and Olive Oil Associates (doing business as Popeye's Chicken and Biscuit Restaurant) in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. We do not have a copy of the complaint; therefore, the exact allegations involved are unknown. However, it appears from the consent decree that the complaint alleged that the defendant subjected six of the charging parties, female employees, to a sexually hostile work environment and terminated one of the charging parties, a female employee, in retaliation for her complaints of sexual harassment, all in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After some discovery, the parties settled the lawsuit in July 2005 through a consent decree.
The three-year decree, containing non-discrimination and non-retaliation clauses, required the defendant to: adopt a new policy regarding workplace harassment, post its anti-retaliation policy, regularly report to the EEOC regarding complaints about harassment, provide anti-retaliation training for all its employees, and pay $95,000 to be distributed among six charging parties. The docket sheet does not show any further enforcement; the case was presumably closed in 2008.
Summary Authors
David Friedman (10/2/2007)
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4642003/parties/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-mirabile-investment-corporation/
Breen, J. Daniel (Tennessee)
Pham, Tu M. (Tennessee)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4642003/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-mirabile-investment-corporation/
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State / Territory: Tennessee
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Sept. 28, 2004
Closing Date: July 20, 2008
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: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
Olive Oil Associates (Memphis, Tennessee), Private Entity/Person
Mirabile Investment Corporation (Memphis, Tennessee), Private Entity/Person
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
Available Documents:
Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief
Outcome
Prevailing Party: Plaintiff
Nature of Relief:
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief:
Form of Settlement:
Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Content of Injunction:
Develop anti-discrimination policy
Other requirements regarding hiring, promotion, retention
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Amount Defendant Pays: 95000
Order Duration: 2005 - 2008
Issues
General/Misc.:
Discrimination Area:
Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff
Harassment / Hostile Work Environment
Discrimination Basis:
Affected Sex/Gender(s):
EEOC-centric: