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Case Name	EEOC v. CALPINE CORPORATION	EE-CA-0068
Docket / Court	3:04-cv-02402-SI ( N.D. Cal. )
State/Territory	California
Case Type(s)	Equal Employment
Special Collection	EEOC Study -- in sample
Attorney Organization	EEOC
Case Summary	EEOC's San Francisco, CA office filed this lawsuit based on Title VII and the Equal Pay Act against the defendant, Calpine Corporation. The case was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco) on 06/17/2004. EEOC alleged on behalf of a female ... read more > EEOC's San Francisco, CA office filed this lawsuit based on Title VII and the Equal Pay Act against the defendant, Calpine Corporation. The case was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco) on 06/17/2004. EEOC alleged on behalf of a female employee at defendant's Middletown, CA facility that she was subject to less pay than her male counterparts for doing substantially same work. The complainant did not intervene in the lawsuit or file a separate lawsuit. The defendant requested Early Neutral Evaluation in December, 2004. The parties settled prior to the scheduled ENE session and the case was voluntarily dismissed on 03/23/2005. It is unknown what type of relief was obtained on behalf of EEOC and the individual complainant. Justin Kanter - 07/02/2007 compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Affected Gender

Female

Discrimination-area

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

Pay / Benefits

Discrimination-basis

Sex discrimination

EEOC-centric

Direct Suit on Merits

General

Disparate Treatment

Plaintiff Type

EEOC Plaintiff

Causes of Action

Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
Equal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d)

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Calpine Corporation
Plaintiff Description	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	EEOC
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Unknown
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Voluntary Dismissal
Case Closing Year	2005
Case Ongoing	No

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Documents

Docket(s)

3:04-cv-02402-SI (N.D. Cal.)
EE-CA-0068-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 03/23/2005

General Documents

Complaint [ECF# 1] EE-CA-0068-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/17/2004 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Stipulation to Dismiss [ECF# 20] (N.D. Cal.) EE-CA-0068-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 03/23/2005 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

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