Case: EEOC v. Greensheet

4:99-cv-04526 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 29, 1999

Closed Date: 2007

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Case Summary

In December 1999, the Houston office of the EEOC brought this Title VII suit against Greensheet Inc. and Helen Gordon Interest Ltd. (d/b/a Greensheet) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The complaint alleged that the defendant discriminated against a class of black applicants by refusing to hire them for the press helper position. After both parties filed discovery motions, the case settled by entry of a consent decree in February 2002. The five year consent decree required the defendant to refrain from discrimination, pay $135,000 in compensatory damages to the compensation class members (Black applicants for the press helper position from 1/1/1993 to 12/31/1997 and were not hired/offered the position). Defendant must advertise job openings in the Houston area Greensheet newspapers and advertise job openings in a newspaper that specializes in servicing the Houston African American community if the defendant fails to offer/hire jobs to 29 qualified black applicants in three years, offer/hire black applicants for the press helper position representative of the applicant pool (60%), offer/hire 29 qualified black instatement members (black applicants for the press helper position from 1/1/1998 to 11/26/2001 who were not offered employment or hired). The defendant must make all applicants complete an application; keep an applicant log; ensure that any person with a direct/indirect role in hiring understands the decree; give the EEOC reports every six months on compliance with the decree; post notice; and train managers, supervisors, and hiring officials on EEO.The decree was entered in 2002 and scheduled to last 2007. No further docket entries exist, so the case is closed.

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4:99-cv-04526	Docket (PACER) EEOC v. Greensheet Inc et al	Feb. 5, 2002	Feb. 5, 2002 Docket
31 4:99-cv-04526	Consent Decree EEOC v. Greensheet Inc et al	Feb. 5, 2002	Feb. 5, 2002 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	Date	Description	Link
1	Dec. 29, 1999	COMPLAINT by EEOC filed; (leddins) (Entered: 12/29/1999)	PACER
2	Dec. 29, 1999	Order setting Initial Pretrial and Scheduling Conference on 3:30 4/10/00 by telephone before Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt and Order to Disclose Interested Persons, filed. Party filing case notified. (leddins) (Entered: 12/29/1999)	PACER
	Dec. 29, 1999	1 SUMMONS issued for Greensheet Inc, Helen Gordon (leddins) (Entered: 12/29/1999)	PACER
3	Jan. 20, 2000	ANSWER to Complaint by Greensheet Inc, Helen Gordon (Added attorney Anthony P Rosenstein), filed.; jury demand (hcarr) (Entered: 01/21/2000)	PACER
4	March 29, 2000	JOINT DISCOVERY/Case Management Plan by Defts Greensheet Inc and Helen Gordon, filed. (fmremp) (Entered: 03/29/2000)	PACER
5	April 11, 2000	ORDER FOLLOWING TELEPHONE SCHEDULING CONFERENCE: Conference held by telephone on 04/10/00. Apps: R. Sustaita for Pltf. and S. Yoshor for Deft. The following schedules were set; Pltf expert witness list submitted by 11/15/00 ; Deft expert witness list submitted by 1/15/01 ; Discovery cutoff 3/31/01 ; Deadline for filing all dispositive motions 3/31/01 ; Pretrial order to be submitted on or before 5/7/01 ; Docket call deadline 11:30 5/7/01 ; Trial date <date not provided> ETT: 2 weeks notice of compliance due for initial disclosures to be filed on or before 04/28/00 , entered. Parties notified. ( Signed by Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt ) (leddins) (Entered: 04/11/2000)	PACER
6	April 28, 2000	INITIAL DISCLOSURE by EEOC , filed. (hlerma) (Entered: 05/01/2000)	PACER
7	Aug. 17, 2000	FIRST AMENDED INITIAL DISCLOSURES by EEOC, filed. (sguevara) (Entered: 08/17/2000)	PACER
8	Nov. 14, 2000	JOINT MOTION to amend scheduling order by EEOC, Greensheet Inc, Helen Gordon , filed (sguevara) (Entered: 11/14/2000)	PACER
9	Nov. 17, 2000	ORDER granting Pltf EEOC and Defts' [8-1] joint motion to amend scheduling order: Pltf's Designation of Experts 11/29/00 and Reports 11/29/00; Defts' Designation of Experts 1/29/01 and Reports 1/29/01, entered; Parties notified. ( signed by Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt ) (fmremp) (Entered: 11/17/2000)	PACER
10	Nov. 29, 2000	DESIGNATION OF EXPERT WITNESS LIST by EEOC filed. (psmith) (Entered: 11/29/2000)	PACER
12	Jan. 29, 2001	DEFTS' DESIGNATION OF EXPERT WITNESSES by Greensheet Inc, Helen Gordon, filed. (ddarneille) (Entered: 01/30/2001)	PACER
13	Feb. 7, 2001	MOTION to compel production of documents and answers to interrogatories , and opposed motion to amend scheduling order by EEOC, Motion Docket Date 2/27/01 [13-1] motion, 2/27/01 [13-2] motion , filed. (sguevara) (Entered: 02/08/2001)	PACER
14	Feb. 20, 2001	RESPONSE by Greensheet Inc, Helen Gordon to [13-1] motion to compel production of documents and answers to interrogatories , filed. (part 1 of 2) (sguevara) (Entered: 02/21/2001)	PACER
14	Feb. 20, 2001	MOTION for protective order by Greensheet Inc, Helen Gordon, Motion Docket Date 3/12/01 [14-1] motion , filed. (part 2 of 2) (sguevara) (Entered: 02/21/2001)	PACER
15	Feb. 23, 2001	Pltf's REPLY by EEOC to Deft's response to EEOC's [13-1] motion to compel production of documents and answers to interrogatories And [13-2] Opposed motion to amend scheduling order, filed (fmremp) (Entered: 02/26/2001)	PACER
16	Feb. 26, 2001	ORDER/Confidentiality Agreement, entered; Parties notified. (signed by Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt) (ddarneille) (Entered: 02/26/2001)	PACER
17	Feb. 26, 2001	ORDER granting pltf's [13-1] motion to compel production of documents and answers to interrogatories; granting pltf's [13-2] motion to amend scheduling order; denying Greensheet's [14-1] motion for protective order, but enters a confidentiality agreement. Scheduling order is modified: reset discovery due for 8/31/01 , reset pretrial order deadline for 10/8/01 , reset docket call for 10/8/01 , entered; Parties notified. (signed by Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt) (ddarneille) (Entered: 02/26/2001)	PACER
18	May 7, 2001	MOTION in limine to exclude proposed expert testimony of Dr. Dwight Steward by EEOC, Motion Docket Date 5/27/01 [18-1] motion , filed. (sguevara) (Entered: 05/08/2001)	PACER
19	May 29, 2001	RESPONSE by Greensheet Inc, Helen Gordon to pltf's [18-1] motion in limine to exclude proposed expert testimony of Dr. Dwight Steward , filed. (sguevara) (Entered: 05/30/2001)	PACER
20	June 6, 2001	REPLY by EEOC to defts' response to pltf's [18-1] motion in limine to exclude proposed expert testimony of Dr. Dwight Steward , filed (sguevara) (Entered: 06/06/2001)	PACER
21	June 15, 2001	REQUEST by Greensheet Inc, Helen Gordon for hearing, filed. (sguevara) (Entered: 06/18/2001)	PACER
22	June 20, 2001	PLTF'S REPLY to defts' [21-1] request for hearing (on [18-1] motion in limine to exclude proposed expert testimony of Dr. Dwight Steward by EEOC), filed. (ddarneille) (Entered: 06/21/2001)	PACER
23	July 6, 2001	THIRD AMENDED INITIAL DISCLOSURE by EEOC , filed. (hcarr) (Entered: 07/09/2001)	PACER
25	Aug. 7, 2001	ORDER denying without prejudice pltf's [18-1] motion in limine to exclude proposed expert testimony of Dr. Dwight Steward , entered; denied without prejudice to any subsequent rulings. Parties notified. ( signed by Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt ) (sguevara) (Entered: 08/07/2001)	PACER
26	Aug. 24, 2001	AGREED MOTION to amend scheduling order superseding pltf's opposed motion to amend scheduling order by EEOC, Greensheet Inc, Helen Gordon , filed. (sguevara) (Entered: 08/27/2001)	PACER
27	Aug. 31, 2001	ORDER granting [26-1] agreed motion to amend scheduling order superseding pltf's opposed motion to amend scheduling order; discovery due: 11/30/01 ; dispositive motion filing deadline: 12/20/01 , docket call is set for 11:30 pm on 1/7/02 before Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt , entered; Parties notified. ( signed by Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt ) (sguevara) (Entered: 09/04/2001)	PACER
28	Nov. 7, 2001	FOURTH AMENDED INITIAL DISCLOSURES by EEOC , filed. (amaly) (Entered: 11/08/2001)	PACER
29	Nov. 26, 2001	ORDER OF DISMISSAL ON SETTLEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT, entered; This case is DISMISSED without prejudice. Parties have the right to move for reinstatement within 90 days. Parties notified. ( signed by Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt ) (amaly) (Entered: 11/26/2001)	PACER
	Nov. 26, 2001	Case closed (amaly) (Entered: 11/26/2001)	PACER
	Nov. 26, 2001	Rec'd and frwd to CRD: Letter from atty for EECO to Myra Baird informing her that the parties have reached an agreement in principal and are working out details for a Consent Decree (sguevara) (Entered: 11/27/2001)	PACER
30	Feb. 1, 2002	JOINT MOTION to approve , and enter a consent decree in resolution of suit by EEOC, Greensheet Inc, Helen Gordon , filed (kprice) (Entered: 02/04/2002)	PACER
31	Feb. 5, 2002	ORDER granting [30-1] joint motion to approve granting [30-2] joint motion enter a consent decree in resolution of suit , entered; Parties notified. ( signed by Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt ) (sguevara) (Entered: 02/05/2002)	PACER