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Case Name	United States v. Arkansas State University	EE-AR-0058
Docket / Court	3:97-cv-00428-SMR ( E.D. Ark. )
State/Territory	Arkansas
Case Type(s)	Equal Employment
Attorney Organization	U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division
Case Summary	On November 12, 1997, the United States Department of Justice filed an employment discrimination lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas against the Arkansas State University Board of Trustees, alleging that the defendants discriminated on the basis of sex. The ... read more > On November 12, 1997, the United States Department of Justice filed an employment discrimination lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas against the Arkansas State University Board of Trustees, alleging that the defendants discriminated on the basis of sex. The District Court (Judge G. T. Eisele) entered the consent decree which contained specific stipulations regarding pregnancy discrimination, on November 19, 1997. The court retained jurisdiction over the case for four years. The only document available for this case is the docket. James Floyd - 11/10/2007 compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Affected Gender

Female

Defendant-type

College/University

Discrimination-basis

Pregnancy discrimination

General

Disparate Treatment

Plaintiff Type

U.S. Dept of Justice plaintiff

Causes of Action

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

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Arkansas State University
Plaintiff Description	United States
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division
Class action status granted	Unknown
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Unknown
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Order Duration	1997 - 2001
Case Closing Year	1997
Case Ongoing	No

Additional Resources


Case Studies	Megacases, Diversity, and the Elusive Goal of Workplace Reform Written: Mar. 01, 2008 By: Nancy Levit (University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law) Citation: 49 B.C. L. Rev. 367 (2008) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	Second Generation Employment Discrimination: A Structural Approach By: Susan Sturm (Columbia Law School) Citation: 101 Colum. L. Rev. 458 (2001) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]

Documents

Docket(s)

3:97-cv-00428-SMR (E.D. Ark.)
EE-AR-0058-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 11/19/1997

General Documents

No documents currently in the collection

People


Judges	Reasoner, Stephen M. (E.D. Ark.) EE-AR-0058-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Fenton, William B. (District of Columbia) EE-AR-0058-9000
	Johnson, Michael D. (Arkansas) EE-AR-0058-9000
	Levy, Allen W. (District of Columbia) EE-AR-0058-9000
	Pinzler, Isabelle Katz (District of Columbia) EE-AR-0058-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	McDaniel, Lucinda (Arkansas) EE-AR-0058-9000