Case: EEOC v. UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION

3:01-cv-00163 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: May 17, 2001

Closed Date: March 12, 2002

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Case Summary

In May 2001, the EEOC district office in San Antonio, Texas brought this suit against the Union Pacific Corporation, a national freight carrier, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. The suit alleged that defendant violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it denied a promotion to a black employee because of his race.

After the charging party intervened, a consent decree was entered in March 2002. The parties agreed that the defendant would pay the complainant $250,000, continue to provide EEO training to all supervisors and staff, refrain from retaliating and discriminating on the basis of race, mail copies of its EEO policy and EEO rights to employees, and allow the EEOC to conduct inspections. No fees or costs were awarded. The terms of the agreement ran for two years.

Summary Authors

Jason Chester (7/6/2007)

People

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Attorney for Plaintiff

Adams, Raechel L. (Texas)

Anderson, Suzanne M (Texas)

Bannon, Jeffrey C (Texas)

Canino, Robert A (Texas)

Che, May R (Texas)

Attorney for Defendant

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

Document

3:01-cv-00163

Docket

EEOC v. Union Pacific Corporation

March 12, 2002

March 12, 2002

Docket

3:01-cv-00163

Consent Decree

EEOC v. Union Pacific Corporation

March 12, 2002

March 12, 2002

Settlement Agreement

Resources

Docket

See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4400549/equal-employment-v-union-pacific-corpor/

Last updated March 17, 2024, 3:08 a.m.

ECF Number Description Date Link Date / Link

Case assigned to Honorable Harry L. Hudspeth (aq) (Entered: 05/18/2001)

May 17, 2001

May 17, 2001

1

Complaint filed. (Pages: 5), Plaintiff is U.S. agency filing fee not required. (aq) (Entered: 05/18/2001)

May 17, 2001

May 17, 2001

PACER
2

Amended complaint by Equal Employment, amending complaint [1-1] (Pages: 5) (fe) (Entered: 05/31/2001)

May 30, 2001

May 30, 2001

PACER
3

Waiver of Service by Union Pacific Corpor ; Notice and Request Mailed on 6/19/01 ; Answer due on 8/20/01 for Union Pacific Corpor (fe) (Entered: 06/26/2001)

June 25, 2001

June 25, 2001

PACER
4

Order transferring case to the docket of Judge Garnett Thomas Eisele (mm1) (Entered: 07/13/2001)

July 13, 2001

July 13, 2001

PACER
5

Answer by Union Pacific Railroad Co. (aq) (Entered: 07/26/2001)

July 26, 2001

July 26, 2001

PACER
6

Motion by Elijah Graham to intervene (aq) (Entered: 09/24/2001)

Sept. 21, 2001

Sept. 21, 2001

PACER
7

Scheduling order setting Deadline for filing of all motions 12/4/01 Discovery cutoff 11/20/01 ; Jury Selection set for 9:15 2/4/02 ; Jury trial set for 9:15 2/4/02 (aq) (Entered: 10/02/2001)

Oct. 1, 2001

Oct. 1, 2001

PACER
8

Response by Union Pacific Corpor motion to intervene [6-1] (aq) (Entered: 10/02/2001)

Oct. 2, 2001

Oct. 2, 2001

PACER
9

Order granting motion to intervene [6-1] (aq) (Entered: 11/05/2001)

Nov. 5, 2001

Nov. 5, 2001

PACER
10

Response by Union Pacific Corpor motion to intervene [6-1] (aq) (Entered: 11/13/2001)

Nov. 13, 2001

Nov. 13, 2001

PACER
11

Motion by Union Pacific Corpor to quash, and for protective order (aq) (Entered: 11/13/2001)

Nov. 13, 2001

Nov. 13, 2001

PACER
12

Motion by Equal Employment, Union Pacific Corpor, Elijah Graham to extend time to complete discovery and file motions (aq) (Entered: 11/15/2001)

Nov. 14, 2001

Nov. 14, 2001

PACER
13

Second Motion by Union Pacific Corpor to quash, and for protective order (aq) (Entered: 11/15/2001)

Nov. 15, 2001

Nov. 15, 2001

PACER
14

Order granting motion to extend time [12-1] scheduling order deadlines: ; Deadline for filing of all motions by 1/4/02 ; Discovery deadline on 12/31/01 (aq) (Entered: 11/20/2001)

Nov. 19, 2001

Nov. 19, 2001

PACER
15

Notice of filing by Equal Employment, Union Pacific Corporation, Elijah Graham, joint status report of the parties (aq) (Entered: 12/05/2001)

Dec. 4, 2001

Dec. 4, 2001

PACER
16

Motion by Equal Employment, Union Pacific Corporation, and Elijah Graham to enter consent decree (aq) (Entered: 02/12/2002)

Feb. 12, 2002

Feb. 12, 2002

PACER
17

Consent Decree for Union Pacific Corpor against Equal Employment (Pages: 6) (fe) (Entered: 03/13/2002)

March 12, 2002

March 12, 2002

RECAP

Case Details

State / Territory: Texas

Case Type(s):

Equal Employment

Special Collection(s):

EEOC Study — in sample

Key Dates

Filing Date: May 17, 2001

Closing Date: March 12, 2002

Case Ongoing: No

Plaintiffs

Plaintiff Description:

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.

Plaintiff Type(s):

Private Plaintiff

EEOC Plaintiff

Attorney Organizations:

EEOC

Public Interest Lawyer: Yes

Filed Pro Se: No

Class Action Sought: No

Class Action Outcome: Not sought

Defendants

Union Pacific Corporation, Private Entity/Person

Case Details

Causes of Action:

Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e

Available Documents:

Trial Court Docket

Monetary Relief

Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief

Outcome

Prevailing Party: Plaintiff

Nature of Relief:

Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement

Damages

Source of Relief:

Settlement

Form of Settlement:

Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree

Amount Defendant Pays: 250000

Order Duration: 2002 - 2004

Content of Injunction:

Expungement of Employment Record

Discrimination Prohibition

Retaliation Prohibition

Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law

Provide antidiscrimination training

Reporting

Monitoring

Issues

Discrimination-area:

Disparate Treatment

Promotion

Discrimination-basis:

Race discrimination

Race:

Black

EEOC-centric:

Direct Suit on Merits

Private Party intervened in EEOC suit