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Case Name	Sheppard v. Consolidated Edison Company of New York	EE-NY-0250
Docket / Court	1:94-cv-00403 ( E.D.N.Y. )
State/Territory	New York
Case Type(s)	Equal Employment
Special Collection	IWPR/Wage Project Consent Decree Study
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Content of Injunction

Follow recruitment, hiring, or promotion protocols

Other requirements regarding hiring, promotion, retention

Provide antidiscrimination training

Discrimination-area

Other Conditions of Employment (including assignment, transfer, hours, working conditions, etc)

Pay / Benefits

Promotion

Discrimination-basis

Race discrimination

General

Disparate Treatment

Pattern or Practice

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Race

Black

Causes of Action

Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
State Anti-Discrimination Law
42 U.S.C. § 1981

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Consolidated Edison Company of New York
Plaintiff Description	Black employees who were actively employed by CECONY in Upper-level Union or in Management Positions at any time during Jan 2, 1984 to Mar 31, 1997.
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	Yes
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	No
Nature of Relief	Damages Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Order Duration	2002 - n/a
Case Closing Year	2003
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)

1:94−cv−00403 (E.D.N.Y.)
EE-NY-0250-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 03/05/2003
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Second Amended Complaint EE-NY-0250-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 05/23/1994 Source: Westlaw
Opinion Approving Settlement (2002 WL 2003206) (E.D.N.Y.) EE-NY-0250-0002.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 08/01/2002 Source: Westlaw

People


Judges	Azrack, Joan Marie (E.D.N.Y.) EE-NY-0250-9000 Gleeson, John Court not on record EE-NY-0250-0002 \| EE-NY-0250-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Alterman, Daniel L. (New York) EE-NY-0250-0001 \| EE-NY-0250-9000
	Boddie, Reginald Alonzo (New York) EE-NY-0250-0001 \| EE-NY-0250-9000
	Fuchsberg, Alan L. (New York) EE-NY-0250-0001 \| EE-NY-0250-9000
	Simmons, Esmeralda (New York) EE-NY-0250-0001 \| EE-NY-0250-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Schuette, Mary (New York) EE-NY-0250-9000