Case: EEOC v. ESTATE OF JAMES COOPER (d/b/a CONESTOGA STEAK HOUSE)

2:98-cv-00154 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: June 1, 1998

Closed Date: Dec. 2, 1998

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Case Summary

In June 1998, the Birmingham District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Conestoga Steak House in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. The only document publicly available regarding this case is the docket; therefore, the exact allegations involved are unknown. After some scheduling orders, the parties settled in December 1998 through a consent decree.

Summary Authors

Jason Chester (7/10/2007)

Documents in the Clearinghouse

Document

2:98-cv-00154

Docket [PACER]

Equal Employment v. Conestoga Steak, et al

Dec. 2, 1998

Dec. 2, 1998

Docket

Resources

Docket

Last updated April 15, 2024, 3:07 a.m.

ECF Number Description Date Link Date / Link
1

COMPLAINT; jury demand; Notice of Assignment mailed. (ldr) (Entered: 06/01/1998)

June 1, 1998

June 1, 1998

Magistrate Judge Assignment - Louis Guirola, Jr. (ldr) (Entered: 06/01/1998)

June 1, 1998

June 1, 1998

Case assigned to Pending Track - designation of appropriate track will be made after Case Management Conference and a final track assignment. (ldr) (Entered: 06/01/1998)

June 1, 1998

June 1, 1998

Plaintiff to prepare Notice of Lawsuit and Request for Waiver of Service of Summons (ldr) (Entered: 07/21/1998)

June 1, 1998

June 1, 1998

2

Pre-Discovery Disclosure by plaintiff Equal Employment (ldr) (Entered: 06/08/1998)

June 8, 1998

June 8, 1998

3

Notice of Service of Disclosure by plaintiff Equal Employment (ldr) (Entered: 06/08/1998)

June 8, 1998

June 8, 1998

4

AMENDED COMPLAINT by plaintiff Equal Employment amending [1-1] complaint against James Cooper d/b/a Conestoga Steak House (ldr) (Entered: 06/29/1998)

June 29, 1998

June 29, 1998

5

Notice of Service of Disclosure by plaintiff Equal Employment (ldr) (Entered: 07/06/1998)

July 6, 1998

July 6, 1998

6

Pre-Discovery Disclosure by plaintiff Equal Employment (ldr) (Entered: 07/06/1998)

July 6, 1998

July 6, 1998

Case Management Conference set at 10:30 11/5/98 location: Hattiesburg before Judge Charles W. Pickering copies mailed to Mildred Byrd, Perry N. Martin, Jerome C. Rose (ldr) (Entered: 07/21/1998)

July 21, 1998

July 21, 1998

7

WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed as to James Cooper 7/7/98; Answer due on 9/5/98 for James Cooper (ldr) (Entered: 07/27/1998)

July 24, 1998

July 24, 1998

8

NOTICE by defendant James Cooper to take deposition of Jason Cintron 9/18/98 (ldr) (Entered: 09/01/1998)

Sept. 1, 1998

Sept. 1, 1998

9

Notice of Service of Disclosure by defendant James Cooper (ldr) (Entered: 09/01/1998)

Sept. 1, 1998

Sept. 1, 1998

11

Pre-Discovery Disclosure by defendant James Cooper (ldr) (Entered: 09/01/1998)

Sept. 1, 1998

Sept. 1, 1998

Case Management Conference Notice mailed to Sheila M. Bossier, J. Robert Ramsay (ldr) (Entered: 09/02/1998)

Sept. 2, 1998

Sept. 2, 1998

12

RE-NOTICE by defendant James Cooper to take deposition of Jason Cintron 10/13/98 (ldr) (Entered: 09/17/1998)

Sept. 17, 1998

Sept. 17, 1998

13

NOTICE of Hearing: Case Management Conference reset for 1/14/99 at 1:15 p.m. before Judge Pickering in Hattiesburg (ldr) (Entered: 11/16/1998)

Nov. 16, 1998

Nov. 16, 1998

Case Management Conference re-set at 1:15 1/14/99 location: Hattiesburg before Judge Charles W. Pickering copies mailed to Sheila M. Bossier, J. Robert Ramsay, Mildred Byrd, Perry N. Martin, Jerome C. Rose (ldr) (Entered: 11/16/1998)

Nov. 16, 1998

Nov. 16, 1998

14

CONSENT JUDGMENT for plaintiff Equal Employment ( signed by Judge Charles W. Pickering 12/2/98); copies mailed. (ldr) (Entered: 12/03/1998)

Dec. 2, 1998

Dec. 2, 1998

Case closed (ldr) (Entered: 12/03/1998)

Dec. 2, 1998

Dec. 2, 1998

Case Details

State / Territory: Mississippi

Case Type(s):

Equal Employment

Special Collection(s):

EEOC Study — in sample

Key Dates

Filing Date: June 1, 1998

Closing Date: Dec. 2, 1998

Case Ongoing: No

Plaintiffs

Plaintiff Description:

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.

Plaintiff Type(s):

EEOC Plaintiff

Attorney Organizations:

EEOC

Public Interest Lawyer: Yes

Filed Pro Se: No

Class Action Sought: No

Class Action Outcome: Not sought

Defendants

Conestoga Steak House, Private Entity/Person

Estate of James Cooper, Private Entity/Person

Conestoga Steak House, Private Entity/Person

Case Details

Causes of Action:

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

Available Documents:

Trial Court Docket

Outcome

Prevailing Party: Plaintiff

Nature of Relief:

Unknown

Source of Relief:

Settlement

Form of Settlement:

Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree

Issues

Discrimination-area:

Disparate Treatment

EEOC-centric:

Direct Suit on Merits