Case: EEOC v. The Salvation Army

1:02-cv-10192 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: July 10, 2002

Closed Date: 2003

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Case Summary

The Detroit District Office of the EEOC brought this action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, against The Salvation Army. The complaint, filed in July 2002, alleged religious and sexual discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, specifically that Defendant retaliated against one of the charging parties by discharging him for complaining about religious harassment based on his religion, Catholic, and retaliated against the other, fem…

In May 2003 the parties engaged in a settlement conference and the case settled. A consent decree was entered in June 2003, and amended to reflect further settlement in December 2003, which was valid for two years. The decree required Defendant to pay the charging parties a total of $52,842 (made up of damages and medical bills), provide Title VII training to its employees and post a notice of non-discrimination. Defendant was enjoined from discriminating and retaliating in violation of Title VII.

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Shankar Viswanathan (7/24/2007)

Documents in the Clearinghouse

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1:02-cv-10192	Docket [PACER]	Dec. 23, 2003	Dec. 23, 2003 Docket
1 1:02-cv-10192	Complaint	July 10, 2002	July 10, 2002 Complaint
24 1:02-cv-10192	Amended Consent Decree	Dec. 23, 2003	Dec. 23, 2003 Order/Opinion

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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	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
1	COMPLAINT; jury demand (bs) (Entered: 07/12/2002)	July 10, 2002	July 10, 2002
2	APPEARANCE for defendant Salvation Army of attorney Scott D. Norton (bs) (Entered: 07/29/2002)	July 26, 2002	July 26, 2002
3	ANSWER by defendant Salvation Army to complaint [1-1] with proof of service and jury demand. (bs) (Entered: 07/29/2002)	July 26, 2002	July 26, 2002
4	NOTICE of setting civil status conference and , setting scheduling conference for 9:00 10/21/02 (bs) (Entered: 09/26/2002)	Sept. 26, 2002	Sept. 26, 2002
5	STATUS AND SCHEDULING CONFERENCE STATEMENT by defendant Salvation Army; with proof of service. [EOD Date: 10/21/02] (bs) (Entered: 10/21/2002)	Oct. 18, 2002	Oct. 18, 2002
	SCHEDULING conference held - Judge David M. Lawson (tj) (Entered: 10/21/2002)	Oct. 21, 2002	Oct. 21, 2002
6	PRETRIAL scheduling order by Judge David M. Lawson - setting deadline for witness list for 11/4/02 , setting deadline for expert disclosure for plaintiff for 12/30/02 and 01/17/03 for defendant , setting deadline for discovery for 2/28/03 , setting civil status conference for 12:30 12/16/02 , setting deadline for filing dispositive motions for 3/14/03 , setting deadline for filing motions in limine for 4/22/03 , setting deadline for final pretrial order for 5/20/03 , setting final pretrial conference for 3:30 5/27/03 , setting civil jury trial for 8:30 6/10/03 (bs) (Entered: 10/22/2002)	Oct. 22, 2002	Oct. 22, 2002
7	WITNESS list by defendant Salvation Army, with proof of service. (bs) (Entered: 11/13/2002)	Nov. 13, 2002	Nov. 13, 2002
	STATUS conference held - Judge David M. Lawson (tj) (Entered: 12/16/2002)	Dec. 16, 2002	Dec. 16, 2002
8	ORDER by Judge David M. Lawson, referral to facilitative mediation to take place no later than 01/31/03 and setting civil status conference for 10:00 1/29/03 [EOD Date 1/9/03] (bs) (Entered: 01/09/2003)	Jan. 9, 2003	Jan. 9, 2003
9	NOTICE of rescheduled civil status conference for 3:00 1/28/03 before Judge Lawson (bs) (Entered: 01/23/2003)	Jan. 22, 2003	Jan. 22, 2003
10	MOTION by plaintiff EEOC to substitute service for plaintiff EEOC with brief in support, affidavit of Krystal M. Gardner and attachment. (bs) (Entered: 03/03/2003)	Feb. 27, 2003	Feb. 27, 2003
11	STIPULATION by defendant Salvation Army, plaintiff EEOC , to extend discovery to depose witness evading service. [EOD Date: 3/3/03] (bs) (Entered: 03/03/2003)	Feb. 27, 2003	Feb. 27, 2003
12	ORDER by Judge David M. Lawson granting motion to substitute service for plaintiff EEOC by EEOC [10-1] [EOD Date 3/13/03] (bs) (Entered: 03/13/2003)	March 13, 2003	March 13, 2003
13	APPEARANCE for plaintiff EEOC of attorney Dale R. Price Jr., with proof of service.. (bs) (Entered: 03/17/2003)	March 17, 2003	March 17, 2003
14	PROOF of service by plaintiff EEOC of Re-Notice of Taking Deposition of Leon Wilderson (bs) (Entered: 04/02/2003)	April 1, 2003	April 1, 2003
15	NOTICE of rescheduling final pretrial conference for 3:00 5/29/03 (bs) (Entered: 05/22/2003)	May 22, 2003	May 22, 2003
16	JOINT pretrial order with proof of service (cg) (Entered: 05/23/2003)	May 23, 2003	May 23, 2003
	SETTLEMENT conference held, case settled - Judge David M. Lawson - Court Reporter: Charlene McLoughlin (tj) (Entered: 05/30/2003)	May 29, 2003	May 29, 2003
17	ORDER by Judge David M. Lawson, approving partial settlement and prescribing procedure for resolution of remaining issue, discovery relating to payment of medical bills by 07/31/03, directing parties to file trial briefs by 08/14/03, response to trial briefs by 09/04/03, hearing scheduled for 09/17/03, 2:30 [EOD Date 5/30/03] (bs) (Entered: 05/30/2003)	May 30, 2003	May 30, 2003
18	CONSENT decree entered by Judge David M. Lawson, with proof of service. [EOD Date: 6/23/03] (bs) (Entered: 06/23/2003)	June 23, 2003	June 23, 2003
19	TRIAL brief by plaintiff EEOC, with attachments. (bs) (Entered: 08/19/2003)	Aug. 14, 2003	Aug. 14, 2003
20	TRIAL brief by defendant Salvation Army, with attachments and proof of service. (bs) (Entered: 08/21/2003)	Aug. 20, 2003	Aug. 20, 2003
21	ANSWER by plaintiff EEOC to trial brief by Salvation Army [20-1], with proof of service. (bs) (Entered: 09/05/2003)	Sept. 4, 2003	Sept. 4, 2003
22	ANSWER by defendant Salvation Army to trial brief by EEOC [19-1], with attachments. (bs) (Entered: 09/05/2003)	Sept. 4, 2003	Sept. 4, 2003
	TELE-CONFERENCE held - Judge David M. Lawson (tj) (Entered: 09/11/2003)	Sept. 11, 2003	Sept. 11, 2003
23	ORDER by Judge David M. Lawson with stipulation, adjourning and re-setting hearing for 10:00 10/6/03 [EOD Date: 9/23/03] (bs) (Entered: 09/23/2003)	Sept. 22, 2003	Sept. 22, 2003
	SETTLEMENT held and placed on the record - Judge David M. Lawson, Court Reporter: Jean Broucek - Tape (tj) (Entered: 10/27/2003)	Oct. 27, 2003	Oct. 27, 2003
24	AMENDED CONSENT decree entered by Judge David M. Lawson [EOD Date: 12/23/03] (cg) (Entered: 12/23/2003)	Dec. 23, 2003	Dec. 23, 2003