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Case Name	EEOC v. Cognis Chemical Company	EE-OH-0020
Docket / Court	C-1-03-677 ( S.D. Ohio )
State/Territory	Ohio
Case Type(s)	Equal Employment
Special Collection	EEOC Study -- in sample
Attorney Organization	EEOC
Case Summary	In October 2003, the EEOC district office in Cleveland, Ohio brought this suit against the Cognis Corporation and an individual supervisor in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. A Black male former employee intervened in the case. The complaints alleged that the defendants ... read more > In October 2003, the EEOC district office in Cleveland, Ohio brought this suit against the Cognis Corporation and an individual supervisor in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. A Black male former employee intervened in the case. The complaints alleged that the defendants violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when they issued negative references to the intervenor's prospective employers in retaliation for previously settling a claim of racial discrimination against the defendants. After cursory discovery and while two defense motions for dismissal were pending, the parties settled and the case was dismissed in November 2004 pending settlement consumation. No settlement documentation is available. Joel Pettit - 07/24/2007 compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Discrimination-area

Harassment / Hostile Work Environment

Discrimination-basis

Race discrimination

EEOC-centric

Direct Suit on Merits

Private Party intervened in EEOC suit

General

Disparate Treatment

Retaliation

Plaintiff Type

EEOC Plaintiff

Private Plaintiff

Race

Black

Causes of Action

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

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Cognis Corporation George E. Cerniglia
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	2004
Case Ongoing	No

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Documents

Docket(s)

1:03-cv-00677-SAS (S.D. Ohio)
EE-OH-0020-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 11/18/2004
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint EE-OH-0020-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 10/01/2003
Intervenor Complaint with Jury Trial EE-OH-0020-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 11/24/2003
Amended Intervener Complaint with Jury Trial EE-OH-0020-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 02/12/2004
Order [dismissal] (S.D. Ohio) EE-OH-0020-0004.pdf \| Detail Date: 11/18/2004

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