On December 8th, 1999, the United States Department of Justice ("D.O.J.") filed a lawsuit under Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., against the City of Newton in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. The DOJ sought injunctive relief and demanded a trial by ...
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On December 8th, 1999, the United States Department of Justice ("D.O.J.") filed a lawsuit under Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., against the City of Newton in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. The DOJ sought injunctive relief and demanded a trial by jury, alleging that the defendant violated Title VII by discriminating against a white male formerly employed as a sanitation worker in the City's Department of Public Works and Utilities, because of his race, white, and his association with a black person.
The DOJ alleged that the discrimination against the former employee took the form of subjecting him to racial harassment, discharging him from his employment as a sanitation worker and failing or refusing to take appropriate action to remedy the effects of the discrimination against him.
His motion for intervention having been granted by the Court, the plaintiff-intervenor alleges similar claims of discrimination in a complaint dated April 5, 2000.
Though the defendant denied the allegations, the parties resolved all issues raised in the complaints amicably.
On July 6th, 2000, the Court (Richard L. Voorhees) entered a Consent Decree between the United States and the defendant. The Decree ordered injunctive relief, including the harassment training, monitoring, record-keeping, and reporting. The Court maintained jurisdiction for three years pursuant to the entry of the decree.
Jennifer Hau - 10/21/2007
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