Case: EEOC v. Courtesy Corporation And Creative Packaging Corp.

1:02-cv-00327 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 15, 2002

Closed Date: Oct. 23, 2002

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Case Summary

The Chicago office of the EEOC brought this Title VII suit against Courtesy Corp., a plastic molding company and its packaging affiliate (Creative Packaging Corp.) in January 2002, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The complaint alleges that the defendant engaged in the practice of paying women less for doing substantially the same work as men. The complainant, a female employee intervened in the suit in April 2002, and the parties settled the case in October 2002, by entry of a consent decree.

According to the FY 2003 Office of the General Counsel Annual Report, the consent decree called for the defendant to pay the charging party $110,000 and included anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation provisions. Information on the settlement is scarce because the consent decree is unavailable.

Summary Authors

Kevin Wilemon (5/30/2007)

Documents in the Clearinghouse

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1:02-cv-00327	Docket	Oct. 23, 2002	Oct. 23, 2002 Docket
1 1:02-cv-00327	Complaint	Jan. 15, 2002	Jan. 15, 2002 Complaint
1:02-cv-00327	Office of General Counsel Fiscal Year 2003 Annual Report Statement from the General Counsel EEOC v. Creative Packaging Corp. No Court	May 8, 2007	May 8, 2007 Press Release

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Resources

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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…	April 1, 2022	April 1, 2022 https://cris.tau.ac.il/...

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Docket

Last updated April 5, 2024, 3:12 a.m.

ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
1	COMPLAINT; jury demand - Civil cover sheet - Appearance(s) of Jeanne B. Szromba, Noelle Christine Brennan, John C. Hendrickson as attorney(s) for plaintiff (No summons(es) issued.) ( Documents: 1-1 through 1-3) (hp) (Entered: 01/15/2002)	Jan. 15, 2002	Jan. 15, 2002
	SCHEDULE set on 1/22/02 by Hon. Ronald A. Guzman : Status hearing set to 9:30 3/15/02 . All parties shall refer to and comply with Judge Guzman's requirements for the initial appearance as outlined in Judge Guzman's case management procedures, which can be found at: www.ilnd.uscourts.gov. The parties shall deliver a copy of the initial status report to the Courtroom Deputy (Room 1218) three business days before the initial status hearing Mailed notice (cjg) (Entered: 01/22/2002)	Jan. 22, 2002	Jan. 22, 2002
2	ATTORNEY APPEARANCE for defendant by Joan E. Gale, Alysa Miriam Barancik (eav) (Entered: 01/24/2002)	Jan. 23, 2002	Jan. 23, 2002
3	WAIVER of service of summons as to Courtesy Corp, Creative Pkg Corp sent on 1/15/02 (rmm) (Entered: 01/31/2002)	Jan. 30, 2002	Jan. 30, 2002
4	ANSWER by defendants to plaintiff's complaint [1-1]. (ntf) (Entered: 03/14/2002)	March 13, 2002	March 13, 2002
8	JOINT PROPOSESD DISCOVERY plan by plaintiff and defendants (rmm) (Entered: 04/25/2002)	March 21, 2002	March 21, 2002
	SCHEDULE set on 3/22/02 by Hon. Ronald A. Guzman : Status hearing reset to 9:30 4/3/02 . Mailed notice (cjg) (Entered: 03/22/2002)	March 22, 2002	March 22, 2002
	SCHEDULE set on 4/3/02 by Hon. Ronald A. Guzman : Status hearing held and continued to 9:30 11/6/02 . In court notice (cjg) (Entered: 04/03/2002)	April 3, 2002	April 3, 2002
6	MOTION by Plaintiff-intervenor Dawn Weiner to intervene ; Notice (rmm) (Entered: 04/19/2002)	April 11, 2002	April 11, 2002
5	ATTORNEY APPEARANCE for Dawn Weiner by Aaron Benjamin Maduff, Deanne Snedeker Medina; Notice (rmm) (Entered: 04/16/2002)	April 15, 2002	April 15, 2002
7	MINUTE ORDER of 4/16/02 by Hon. Ronald A. Guzman: Motion of Dawn Weiner to intervene as plaintiff-Intervenor is granted [6-1]. No notice (rmm) (Entered: 04/19/2002)	April 16, 2002	April 16, 2002
9	MOTION by plaintiff to quash subpoena ; Memorandum in support (Attachments); Notice (rmm) (Entered: 06/28/2002)	June 24, 2002	June 24, 2002
10	MOTION by defendants to enforce records subpoenas (Attachments): Notice (rmm) (Entered: 06/28/2002)	June 24, 2002	June 24, 2002
11	MINUTE ORDER of 6/27/02 by Hon. Ronald A. Guzman: Defendnats' motion to enforce records subpoenas [10-1] is granted in part. Plaintiff's motion to quash subpoena is denied [9-1]. No notice (rmm) (Entered: 06/28/2002)	June 27, 2002	June 27, 2002
13	AGREED MOTION by plaintiff EEOC and defendants Courtesy Corp, and Creative Pkg Corp for entry of consent decree ; Notice (rmm) (Entered: 10/28/2002)	Oct. 21, 2002	Oct. 21, 2002
14	MINUTE ORDER of 10/23/02 by Hon. Ronald A. Guzman: Agreed motion for entry of consent decree is granted [13-1] . Status hearing date of 11/5/02 is stricken. (Entered consent decree.) Terminating case. Mailed notice (rmm) (Entered: 10/28/2002)	Oct. 23, 2002	Oct. 23, 2002