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Case Name
Jefferson v. Ingersoll Int'l Inc.
EE-IL-0292
Docket / Court
98-CV- 50042. ( N.D. Ill. )
State/Territory
Illinois
Case Type(s)
Equal Employment
Special Collection
Private Employment Class Actions
Case Summary
On February 9, 1998, a group of black former employees of defendants filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Western Division against Ingersoll under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq ...
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On February 9, 1998, a group of black former employees of defendants filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Western Division against Ingersoll under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for monetary and injunctive relief, claiming class-wide discrimination in promotions, compensation, and hiring. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that the defendants had engaged in the following employment practices that resulted in unlawful race discrimination: (1) failure to post or disclose job promotions and job openings; (2) use of word-of-mouth hiring and nepotism in a predominantly white work force; (3) race-coding of applications; and (4) use of a subjective decisionmaking process by a predominantly white supervisory staff in hiring applicants, promoting employees and assigning wages.
On August 23, 1999, the Court (Judge Philip G. Reinhard) partially granted the plaintiffs' motion for class certification. The Court certified the class with regard to the hiring process, but refused to certify the compensation class and the promotion class on the ground that these claims were highly individualized and there were not enough similar situated plaintiffs.
On January 4, 2000, the Court (Judge Reinhard) granted the defendants' motion for partial summary judgment on the ground that the plaintiffs could not use the single employer theory as the defendants were separate corporate entities. After that, the parties engaged in multiple discovery disputes. On July 13, 2001, the parties reached a settlement, and the Court dismissed the case. The details of the settlement agreement are unavailable.
Kunyi Zhang - 11/05/2010
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Issues and Causes of Action
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Issues
Discrimination-area
Hiring
Pay / Benefits
Promotion
Discrimination-basis
Race discrimination
EEOC-centric
EEOC Intervened in Private Suit
General
Disparate Impact
Pattern or Practice
Plaintiff Type
Private Plaintiff
Race
Black
Causes of Action
Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
42 U.S.C. § 1981
Case Details
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Defendant(s)
Brian Howard
Ingersoll Cutting Tool Company
Ingersoll International Inc
Ingersoll Maschinen
Ingersoll Milling Machine Company
Werkzeuge GmbH
Plaintiff Description
Plaintiffs are current or former black employees of, or black applicants for employment at one of the defendants.
Class action status sought
Yes
Class action status granted
Yes
Filed Pro Se
No
Prevailing Party
Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer
No
Nature of Relief
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief
Settlement
Form of Settlement
Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Filed
02/09/1998
Case Closing Year
2001
Case Ongoing
No
Related Cases
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Case Listing
EE-IL-0119
: EEOC v. Ingersoll International, Inc. (N.D. Ill.)
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Docket(s)
N.D. Ill.
07/01/2010
3:98-cv-50042
EE-IL-0292-9000.pdf
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General Documents
N.D. Ill.
08/23/1999
Memorandum Opinion and Order (plaintiffs' motion for class certification is partly granted)
(1999 WL 669229)
EE-IL-0292-0001.pdf
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N.D. Ill.
01/04/2000
Memorandum Opinion and Order (defendants' motion for partial summary judgment is granted)
(2000 WL 28256)
EE-IL-0292-0002.pdf
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N.D. Ill.
11/19/2002
Memorandum Opinion and Order (plaintiffs' motion for post-judgment fees and expenses is partially granted)
(2002 WL 31598990)
EE-IL-0292-0003.pdf
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Judges
Reinhard, Philip Godfrey
(N.D. Ill.)
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Plaintiff's Lawyers
Allison, Robert D.
(Illinois)
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Bradtke, James G.
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Elkin, Laurie S
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Kurtz, Dana L.
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Lambert, Kelly K.
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Mangold Spoto, Kathleen
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Piers, Matthew J.
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Schneck, Steven Paul
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Soule, Jennifer
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Defendant's Lawyers
Babbitt, Ellen M
(Illinois)
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Brock, Amy Pope
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Land, Peter G.
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Landsberg, Dorothy S.
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Medve, Marianna
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Melton, Bruce William
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Minnefor, Eileen
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Pottinger, Robert C.
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Rock, Jason H.
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Zeglis, James D.
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