Case: EEOC v. Midnight Gambler Casino Cruises

2:00-cv-14289 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2000

Closed Date: Aug. 26, 2002

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Case Summary

The Miami District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Midnight Gambler Casino Cruises in September of 2000, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The suit alleged violation of Title VII by discrimination against a black employee. The case involved a motion for a protective order and then little action to follow. There was a motion for summary judgment by both sides; however neither was resolved until the consent decree mentioned in paragraph 25 that all motions not resolved are denied as moot. The court ordered mediation and then ultimately the case was settled. There was a four month gap between the order dismissing the cause upon settlement and the actual consent decree being filed. The consent decree was ultimately filed on August 26, 2002.

The consent decree contained both injunctive and monetary relief. The injunctive relief required the defendant to not discriminate or retaliate against anybody in violation of Title VII. In addition the injunction required the defendant to develop an anti-discrimination policy and to train their managers once a year for four years. There would be notice of the suit posted in the facility and each employee would be handed the anti-discrimination policy. The monetary relief totaled $25,000 and was to be paid in three payments with the first being $5,000 and the subsequent payments being $10,000.

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Summary Authors

Alex Bean (7/24/2007)

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Judge(s)

Lynch, Frank J. Jr. (Florida)

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Lynch, Frank J. Jr. (Florida)

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2:00-cv-14289	Docket [PACER]	Aug. 26, 2002	Aug. 26, 2002 Docket
1 2:00-cv-14289	Complaint	Sept. 28, 2000	Sept. 28, 2000 Complaint
18 2:00-cv-14289	Order on Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Financial Worth Discovery	Jan. 14, 2002	Jan. 14, 2002 Order/Opinion
35 2:00-cv-14289	Final Order of Dismissal	April 11, 2002	April 11, 2002 Order/Opinion
38 2:00-cv-14289	Consent Decree	Aug. 27, 2002	Aug. 27, 2002 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; FILING FEE: waived; FJL A-7 (cg, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 09/28/2000)	Sept. 28, 2000	Sept. 28, 2000
2	SUMMONS(ES) issued for Midnight Gambler (cg, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 09/28/2000)	Sept. 28, 2000	Sept. 28, 2000
	Magistrate identification: Magistrate Judge Lynch (cg, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 09/28/2000)	Sept. 28, 2000	Sept. 28, 2000
4	NOTICE of attorney appearance for Midnight Gambler by Bruce Alan Weil (cg, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 02/07/2001)	Feb. 7, 2001	Feb. 7, 2001
5	Answer and affirmative defenses by Midnight Gambler (cg, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 02/07/2001)	Feb. 7, 2001	Feb. 7, 2001
6	PROPOSED JOINT Scheduling Report of Scheduling Meeting by U.S. - EEOC, Midnight Gambler (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 04/04/2001)	April 4, 2001	April 4, 2001
7	SCHEDULING ORDER setting Deadline for filing of all motions by 10/15/01 Discovery cutoff 10/1/01 (Signed by Judge Norman C. Roettger Jr. on 5/28/01) CCAP [EOD Date: 6/4/01] CCAP (mh, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 06/04/2001)	June 1, 2001	June 1, 2001
8	JOINT MOTION by U.S. - EEOC, Midnight Gambler to extend time of discovery and dispositive motion deadlines in this case and supporting memorandum of law (cg, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 09/18/2001)	Sept. 17, 2001	Sept. 17, 2001
9	MOTION with memorandum in support by Midnight Gambler for protective order (cg, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 09/18/2001)	Sept. 17, 2001	Sept. 17, 2001
10	Certification of good faith by Midnight Gambler (cg, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 09/18/2001)	Sept. 17, 2001	Sept. 17, 2001
11	ORDER Granting [8-1] joint motion for a ninety-day extension of the discovery and dispositive motion deadlines in this case; Resetting discovery deadline for 1/4/02 , Reset motion filing deadline for 1/21/02 (Signed by Judge Norman C. Roettger Jr. on 9/26/01) [EOD Date: 9/28/01] (ss, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 09/28/2001)	Sept. 26, 2001	Sept. 26, 2001
12	ORDER granting [9-1] motion for protective order ( Signed by Magistrate Frank J. Lynch on 10/5/01) [EOD Date: 10/10/01] (cg, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 10/10/2001)	Oct. 5, 2001	Oct. 5, 2001
13	MOTION by U.S. - EEOC to compel financial worth discovery (ss, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 11/27/2001)	Nov. 23, 2001	Nov. 23, 2001
14	MOTION with memorandum in support by U.S. - EEOC to amend [1-1] complaint to add corporations within defendant's "integrated enterprise" as named defendants (ss, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 12/05/2001)	Dec. 4, 2001	Dec. 4, 2001
15	MOTION by Midnight Gambler to extend time to respond to motion to amend complaint (dp, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 12/27/2001)	Dec. 24, 2001	Dec. 24, 2001
16	NOTICE of clarification on position with regards to defendant's motion for enlargement of time by U.S. - EEOC (lh, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 01/09/2002)	Jan. 8, 2002	Jan. 8, 2002
17	Certificate of compliance with local rule by Midnight Gambler (ss, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 01/14/2002)	Jan. 11, 2002	Jan. 11, 2002
18	ORDER granting [13-1] motion to compel financial worth discovery ( Signed by Magistrate Frank J. Lynch on 1/14/02) [EOD Date: 1/16/02] (cg, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 01/16/2002)	Jan. 14, 2002	Jan. 14, 2002
20	Statement of material facts not in dispute by U.S. - EEOC in support of [19-1] motion for summary judgment regarding liability (ss, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 01/23/2002)	Jan. 22, 2002	Jan. 22, 2002
21	NOTICE of filing deposition transcript of Bill Teitel by U.S. - EEOC (ss, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 01/23/2002)	Jan. 22, 2002	Jan. 22, 2002
22	RESPONSE by Midnight Gambler to [14-1] motion to amend [1-1] complaint to add corporations within defendant's "integrated enterprise" as named defendants (dp, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 01/24/2002)	Jan. 23, 2002	Jan. 23, 2002
23	NOTICE of filing declaration of Daniel Teitel by Midnight Gambler (dp, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 01/24/2002)	Jan. 23, 2002	Jan. 23, 2002
24	AFFIDAVIT of Daniel Teitel by Midnight Gambler (dp, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 01/24/2002)	Jan. 23, 2002	Jan. 23, 2002
25	REPLY by U.S. - EEOC to response to [14-1] motion to amend [1-1] complaint to add corporate defendants (ss, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 01/31/2002)	Jan. 30, 2002	Jan. 30, 2002
26	MOTION by Midnight Gambler for enlargement of time to respond to motion for summary judgment (ss, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 02/01/2002)	Jan. 31, 2002	Jan. 31, 2002
27	REVISED ORDER Set pretrial conference for 1:30 4/10/02 before Magistrate Frank J. Lynch (Signed by Judge Norman C. Roettger Jr. on 2/21/02) [EOD Date: 2/21/02] (ss, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 02/25/2002)	Feb. 22, 2002	Feb. 22, 2002
28	ORDER referring case to mediation. Set Jury trial for 10:30 4/22/02 before Judge Norman C. Roettger Jr. 15 days to appoint mediator (Signed by Judge Norman C. Roettger Jr. on 2/21/02) [EOD Date: 2/25/02] (ss, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 02/25/2002)	Feb. 22, 2002	Feb. 22, 2002
29	RESPONSE and Memorandum by Midnight Gambler in opposition to [19-1] motion for summary judgment regarding liability (ss, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 02/26/2002)	Feb. 25, 2002	Feb. 25, 2002
30	NOTICE of filing declaration of William S. Teitel by Midnight Gambler (ss, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 02/26/2002)	Feb. 25, 2002	Feb. 25, 2002
31	ORDER RESETTING TELEPHONE CONFERENCE re-setting Pretrial conference for 1:40 4/10/02 ; ( Signed by Magistrate Frank J. Lynch on 2/27/02) [EOD Date: 2/28/02] CCAP (cg, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 02/28/2002)	Feb. 27, 2002	Feb. 27, 2002
32	REPLY by U.S. - EEOC to response to [19-1] motion for summary judgment regarding liability (ss, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 03/06/2002)	March 5, 2002	March 5, 2002
33	JOINT PRETRIAL STIPULATION by U.S. - EEOC, Midnight Gambler (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 04/04/2002)	April 3, 2002	April 3, 2002
34	MOTION with memorandum in support by Midnight Gambler for summary judgment (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 04/04/2002)	April 3, 2002	April 3, 2002
	CASE CLOSED. Case and Motions no longer referred to Magistrate. (dp, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 04/11/2002)	April 10, 2002	April 10, 2002
36	Consent Decree (lh, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 04/24/2002)	April 23, 2002	April 23, 2002
37	NOTICE of filing consent decree in resolution of litigation by U.S. - EEOC (lh, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 04/24/2002)	April 23, 2002	April 23, 2002
38	CONSENT DECREE and Order Closing Case (Signed by Judge Norman C. Roettger Jr. on 8/23/02) [EOD Date: 8/27/02] (ss, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 08/27/2002)	Aug. 26, 2002	Aug. 26, 2002