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Case Name	EEOC v. CNC Developments, Inc.	EE-FL-0024
Docket / Court	8:05-cv-01814-SCB-EAJ ( M.D. Fla. )
State/Territory	Florida
Case Type(s)	Equal Employment
Special Collection	IWPR/Wage Project Consent Decree Study
Attorney Organization	EEOC
Case Summary	On September 29, 2005, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") filed a lawsuit in the Middle District Court of Florida, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, against CNC Developments, Inc. The EEOC sought injunctive relief, compensatory damages, punitive damages, and other ... read more > On September 29, 2005, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") filed a lawsuit in the Middle District Court of Florida, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, against CNC Developments, Inc. The EEOC sought injunctive relief, compensatory damages, punitive damages, and other forms of affirmative relief claiming that the defendant terminated the complainant's employment after its management found out she was married to an African American. On March 30, 2007, after little substantive litigation, the District Court (Judge Susan Bucklew) entered a consent decree where the defendant, among other things, agreed to pay the complainant $27,500. Perry Miska - 04/11/2014 compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Content of Injunction

Develop anti-discrimination policy

Discrimination Prohibition

Monitoring

Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law

Provide antidiscrimination training

Reporting

Discrimination-area

Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff

Discrimination-basis

Race discrimination

EEOC-centric

Direct Suit on Merits

General

Disparate Treatment

Marriage

Plaintiff Type

EEOC Plaintiff

Race

Black

Causes of Action

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

Case Details


Defendant(s)	CNC Developments, Inc.
Plaintiff Description	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of a complainant who was allegedly fired for being married a Black man.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	EEOC
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
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	2007 - 2009
Case Closing Year	2007
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)

8:05-cv-01814-SCB-EAJ (M.D. Fla.)
EE-FL-0024-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 03/30/2007
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint [ECF# 1] EE-FL-0024-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/29/2005 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Consent Decree [ECF# 23] EE-FL-0024-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 03/30/2007 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Bucklew, Susan C. Court not on record EE-FL-0024-0002 \| EE-FL-0024-9000 Jenkins, Elizabeth A. (M.D. Fla.) [Magistrate] EE-FL-0024-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Curtin, Nora E. (Florida) EE-FL-0024-0002 \| EE-FL-0024-9000
	Franklin-Thomas, Delner (Florida) EE-FL-0024-9000
	Gomez-Fernandez, Maritza I. (Puerto Rico) EE-FL-0024-0001 \| EE-FL-0024-9000
	Thompson, Liquita Lewis (Texas) EE-FL-0024-0002 \| EE-FL-0024-9000
	Von Greiff, Carla J. (Florida) EE-FL-0024-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Ferrer, Jose M. (Florida) EE-FL-0024-9000
	Hammett, J. Richard (Texas) EE-FL-0024-9000