Case: EEOC v. Newonics, Inc.

2:02-cv-00632 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: June 28, 2002

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2003

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Case Summary

In June 2002, the Phoenix District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Newonics, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah alleging discrimination on the basis of sex in violation of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 ("EPA") and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the defendant paid the charging party, a female employee, at wage rates less than it paid its male employees for completing essentially the same work. In addition, the defendant retaliated agains…

The two-year decree required the defendant to: expunge the charging party's personnel file from all references to the charge of discrimination, post a notice of the consent decree, provide annual EPA and Title VII training, develop and distribute a written anti-discrimination policy, report to the EEOC at specified intervals, and pay $20,000 to the charging party.

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Michele Marxkors (6/28/2007)

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2:02-cv-00632	Docket [PACER] EEOC v. Newonics	Dec. 31, 2003	Dec. 31, 2003 Docket
1 2:02-cv-00632	Complaint EEOC vs. Newonics, Inc.	June 28, 2002	June 28, 2002 Complaint
24 2:02-cv-00632	Consent Decree	Dec. 31, 2003	Dec. 31, 2003 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 filed, assigned to Judge Tena Campbell. Receipt no.: Waived (alt) (Entered: 07/01/2002)	June 28, 2002	June 28, 2002
2	Motion and Order signed by Judge Tena Campbell , 07/02/02 Granting motion/PHV for Attorney Sally Shanley, Mary Jo O'Neill, C. Emanuel Smith on behalf of plaintiff EEOC cc:attys (tsh) (Entered: 07/03/2002)	July 2, 2002	July 2, 2002
3	Answer to Complaint by Newonics (tsh) (Entered: 08/01/2002)	July 31, 2002	July 31, 2002
	Clerk's mailing of certificate of acknowledgment of alternative dispute resolution option. Mailed or faxed to plaintiff EEOC, defendant Newonics (tsh) (Entered: 08/01/2002)	Aug. 1, 2002	Aug. 1, 2002
4	Magistrate Notice of Hearing Initial Pretrial Conference set for 10:30 11/18/02 To be held before Judge Alba cc:atty ( Ntc generated by: RNB's secretary) (ce) (Entered: 08/05/2002)	Aug. 5, 2002	Aug. 5, 2002
6	Certificate of election filed by plaintiff EEOC Refer to: normal litigation track (tsh) (Entered: 08/19/2002)	Aug. 15, 2002	Aug. 15, 2002
7	REPORT of Attorney Planning Meeting (kvs) (Entered: 11/14/2002)	Nov. 12, 2002	Nov. 12, 2002
8	Scheduling order setting; Joining of parties, amending of pleadings on 5:00 1/15/03 ; Deadline for filing of all motions 5:00 9/30/03 ; Discovery cutoff 5:00 8/29/03 ; Attorney Conference by 1/26/04 ; Final Pretrial Conference for 3:00 2/9/04 ; 5-Day Jury Trial for 8:30 3/1/04 Rule 26(f)(1) cnf held. Expert witness disclosure dates set. Not Referred to ADR. Discovery limits set. Signed by Judge David Nuffer 11/12/02 cc:atty. (tsh) (Entered: 11/15/2002)	Nov. 13, 2002	Nov. 13, 2002
9	Certificate of service by EEOC re: Pla's Initial Rule 26(a)(1) Disclosure Statement (tsh) (Entered: 12/02/2002)	Nov. 25, 2002	Nov. 25, 2002
10	Certificate of service re: 1st set of interrogs, req for admissions & req for prod/docs by Newonics (alt) (Entered: 03/06/2003)	March 5, 2003	March 5, 2003
11	Return of summons executed as to Newonics c/o Allen Sims, 7/16/02. Answer due on 8/5/02 for Newonics (alt) (Entered: 03/14/2003)	March 14, 2003	March 14, 2003
12	Certificate of service re: resp to 1st req for admissions by EEOC (alt) (Entered: 04/07/2003)	April 7, 2003	April 7, 2003
13	Joint motion by EEOC, Newonics to extend time to 7/30/03 for disc ddl (alt) (Entered: 04/25/2003)	April 24, 2003	April 24, 2003
14	Order of Reference signed by TC 4/27/03, 636(b)(1)(A). Mag Judge to hear & determine any nondispositive pretrial matters. cc: atty (alt) (Entered: 04/28/2003)	April 28, 2003	April 28, 2003
	Case referred to magistrate under 28:636(b)(1)(A). (alt) (Entered: 04/28/2003)	April 28, 2003	April 28, 2003
15	Case referred to Judge David Nuffer cc: atty (alt) (Entered: 05/02/2003)	May 1, 2003	May 1, 2003
16	Order granting [13-1] joint motion to extend time to 7/30/03 for fact disc ddl; signed by Judge David Nuffer, 5/6/03 cc:atty (alt) (Entered: 05/07/2003)	May 7, 2003	May 7, 2003
17	Certificate of service re: disc responses by EEOC (alt) (Entered: 05/20/2003)	May 19, 2003	May 19, 2003
18	Certificate of service re: 1st set of interrogs, 1st req for admissions & 1st req for prod/docs by EEOC (alt) (Entered: 06/30/2003)	June 30, 2003	June 30, 2003
19	Stipulation by EEOC, Newonics stip to extend time to 8/31/03 for disc cutoff (alt) (Entered: 07/09/2003)	July 9, 2003	July 9, 2003
20	Order granting [19-1] stipulation motion stip to extend time to 8/31/03 for disc cutoff, discovery due set for 8/31/03 signed by Judge Tena Campbell , 7/10/03 cc:atty (Entered: 07/11/2003)	July 11, 2003	July 11, 2003
21	Certificate of service re: dft's answers to pla EEOC's 1st set of non-unniform interrogs, ans to pla's 1st req for admissions & ans to pla's 1st req for prod/docs by Newonics (alt) (Entered: 08/11/2003)	Aug. 8, 2003	Aug. 8, 2003
23	Order granting [22-1] joint motion to extend time for disc ddl to 9/30/03 and for motion filing to 10/31/03, discovery due set for 9/30/03 , motion filing deadline set for 10/31/03 signed by Judge David Nuffer, 9/11/03 cc:atty (alt) (Entered: 09/12/2003)	Sept. 11, 2003	Sept. 11, 2003
24	Consent judgment for EEOC against Newonics; Dft is enjoined from gender discrimination in pay and employment and dft agrees to pay $2,000 in settlement of back wages and $18,000 in compensatory damages. Each pty to bear own costs & fees. See Consent for details. Signed by TC, 12/30/03 [EOD Date 12/31/03] (alt) (Entered: 12/31/2003)	Dec. 31, 2003	Dec. 31, 2003
	CASE NO LONGER REFERRED TO Judge David Nuffer (alt) (Entered: 12/31/2003)	Dec. 31, 2003	Dec. 31, 2003
	Case closed per Consent no. 24 (alt) (Entered: 12/31/2003)	Dec. 31, 2003	Dec. 31, 2003