Filed Date: March 22, 2005
Closed Date: May 6, 2008
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The Dallas district office of the EEOC brought this suit against Razzoo's, L.P., a bar company, in March 2005 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The EEOC argued that Razzoo's had violated Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act by engaging in a pattern or practice of discrimination against a named male complainant and a class of similarly situated men. The EEOC claimed that Razzoo’s had subjected males to disparate terms and conditions of employment, termination, and promotion, and had refused to hire male applicants for bartender positions.
On September 20, 2007, the Court (Judge Jorge A Solis) limited the class action size to ninety after the EEOC claimed that the class might be anywhere from ninety to one hundred and fifty and the defendant argued that the class should be limited to seventeen. In April 2008 the parties settled the case, and on May 6, 2008, Judge Solis signed a consent decree that required the EEOC to waive any further right to raise claims, and Razzoo’s agreed to neither discriminate nor retaliate against any employee as stated in Title VII. Specifically, Razzoo’s was required to: refrain from creating a hostile environment for male employees, abandon a 80/20 quota hiring system that favored women, train all employees in gender-neutral hiring and promotion practices, refrain from retaliation against any employee who makes a complaint to the EEOC, affirm a “Zero Tolerance Policy” regarding discrimination and retaliation, and spend no less than $225,000.00 to retain the services of a human resources firm to establish a Human Resources Department within Razzoo’s. Additionally, Razzoo’s was required to establish a $775,000.00 Claim Fund to resolve all claims for damages resulting from the case. The consent decree was in effect for thirty months and it was not be construed as an admission of wrongdoing by Razzoo’s. 2005 WL 6188542.
The case is now closed.
Summary Authors
Shankar Viswanathan (6/3/2008)
Mary Kate Sickel (3/26/2018)
Anderson, Suzanne M. (Texas)
Backhaus, William C. (Texas)
Canino, Robert Anthony (Texas)
Clark, Joel P. (Texas)
Cowan, Molly B. (Texas)
Ramirez, Irma C. (Texas)
Solis, Jorge Antonio (Texas)
Last updated March 5, 2024, 3 a.m.
State / Territory: Texas
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: March 22, 2005
Closing Date: May 6, 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: Yes
Class Action Outcome: Denied
Defendants
Razzoo's, L.P., 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
Amount Defendant Pays: 1,000,000.00
Order Duration: 2008 - 2011
Issues
General:
Discrimination-area:
Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff
Other Conditions of Employment (including assignment, transfer, hours, working conditions, etc)
Discrimination-basis:
Affected Sex or Gender:
EEOC-centric: