Case: EEOC v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTE FE RAILWAY COMPANY

2:03-cv-02918 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Dec. 8, 2003

Closed Date: 2004

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Case Summary

In December 2003, the Memphis District Office of the EEOC filed this suit against Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. We do not have a copy of the complaint. However, according to the settlement agreement, the complaint alleged that the defendant retaliated against the charging party, a female employee, for opposing unlawful employment practices under Title VII by abolishing her position as a track laborer and taking oth…

The settlement agreement contained a non-retaliation provision and had a duration of one year. Under the terms of the agreement, the defendant agreed to: expunge the charging party's personnel file of any reference to charges of discrimination, post a notice of rights in its Memphis facility, provide Title VII training for its managers, report to the EEOC at specified intervals, and pay $18,500.

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Summary Authors

Michele Marxkors (6/8/2007)

People

Judge(s)

Pham, Tu M. (Tennessee)

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Pham, Tu M. (Tennessee)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

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2:03-cv-02918	Docket EEOC v. Burlington Northern and Sante Fe Railway Company	May 20, 2004	May 20, 2004 Docket
9 2:03-cv-02918	Settlement Agreement EEOC v. Burlington Northern and Sante Fe Railway Company	May 12, 2004	May 12, 2004 Settlement Agreement

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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

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ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
1	COMPLAINT (Summons(es) NOT issued) Receipt #: wv; Filing fee wv (JML) (Entered: 12/09/2003)	Dec. 8, 2003	Dec. 8, 2003
2	STIPULATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME by plaintiff EEOC, defendant Burlington Northern ..the parties stipulate that defendant may have a 30 day extension of time to file its Answer.. (EHG) (Entered: 02/12/2004)	Feb. 11, 2004	Feb. 11, 2004
3	SETTING LETTER ; scheduling conference set for 9:30 3/25/04, before Mag Judge Pham (EHG) (Entered: 02/25/2004)	Feb. 25, 2004	Feb. 25, 2004
4	JOINT MOTION by plaintiff EEOC, defendant Burlington Northern for extension of time to file answer (30 days) (EHG) (Entered: 03/15/2004)	March 12, 2004	March 12, 2004
5	CONSENT ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME by Mag Judge Tu M. Pham : granting motion for extension of time to file answer (30 days) [4-1] ..to 4/12/04. (cc: all counsel) (EHG) (Entered: 03/16/2004)	March 16, 2004	March 16, 2004
6	JOINT MOTION AND MEMORANDUM by plaintiff EEOC, defendant Burlington Northern to continue scheduling conference (EHG) (Entered: 03/18/2004)	March 17, 2004	March 17, 2004
8	SETTING LETTER ; scheduling conference REset for 9:30 5/13/04 before Mag Judge Pham (EHG) (Entered: 03/22/2004)	March 19, 2004	March 19, 2004
9	SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT/NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT filed by plaintiff EEOC, defendant Burlington Northern (EHG) (Entered: 05/13/2004)	May 12, 2004	May 12, 2004
10	JUDGMENT : by Judge Samuel H. Mays Jr. re [9-1] (cc: all counsel) (EHG) (Entered: 05/21/2004)	May 20, 2004	May 20, 2004