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Case Name	EEOC v. IKEA MARYLAND LLC	EE-MD-0055
Docket / Court	8:05-CV-02719-DKC ( D. Md. )
State/Territory	Maryland
Case Type(s)	Equal Employment
Special Collection	IWPR/Wage Project Consent Decree Study
Attorney Organization	EEOC
Case Summary	On September 30, 2005, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), on behalf of an African American employee, filed a lawsuit in the District Court of Maryland, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, against IKEA. The EEOC sought ... read more > On September 30, 2005, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), on behalf of an African American employee, filed a lawsuit in the District Court of Maryland, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, against IKEA. The EEOC sought injunctive relief, compensatory damages, punitive damages, attorneys' fees, and other forms of affirmative relief, claiming that the defendant subjected the complainant to disparate terms and conditions of employment when he was terminated in lieu of demotion because of his race. On October 28, 2005, the plaintiff filed an amended complaint. On May 3, 2006, the District Court (Judge Deborah k. Chasanow) entered a consent decree where the defendant, among other things, agreed to pay the complainant $52,500. Perry Miska - 04/13/2014 compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Content of Injunction

Develop anti-discrimination policy

Discrimination Prohibition

Monitoring

Neutral/Positive Reference

Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law

Provide antidiscrimination training

Reporting

Defendant-type

Retailer

Discrimination-area

Demotion

Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff

Discrimination-basis

Race discrimination

EEOC-centric

Direct Suit on Merits

General

Disparate Treatment

Plaintiff Type

EEOC Plaintiff

Race

Black

Causes of Action

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

Case Details


Defendant(s)	IKEA
Plaintiff Description	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of a black employee who was allegedly discharged in lieu of a demotion because of his race.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	EEOC
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Damages Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Order Duration	2006 - 2007
Case Closing Year	2006
Case Ongoing	No

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	Megacases, Diversity, and the Elusive Goal of Workplace Reform Date: Mar. 1, 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 Date: Apr. 1, 2001 By: Susan Sturm (Columbia Law School) Citation: 101 Colum. L. Rev. 458 (2001) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]

Documents

Docket(s)

8:05-cv-02719-DKC (D. Md.)
EE-MD-0055-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 05/04/2006
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint [ECF# 1] EE-MD-0055-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/30/2005 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Amended Complaint [ECF# 8] EE-MD-0055-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 10/28/2005 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Consent Decree [ECF# 18] EE-MD-0055-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 05/04/2006 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Chasanow, Deborah K. (D. Md.) EE-MD-0055-0003 \| EE-MD-0055-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Kiel, Gerald (Maryland) EE-MD-0055-0001 \| EE-MD-0055-0002 \| EE-MD-0055-9000
	McNair, Jacqueline H. (Pennsylvania) EE-MD-0055-0003
	Quinlan, Cecile Celeste (Maryland) EE-MD-0055-0002 \| EE-MD-0055-0003 \| EE-MD-0055-9000
	Reams, Gwendolyn Young (District of Columbia) EE-MD-0055-9000
	Spicer, Tracy Hudson (District of Columbia) EE-MD-0055-0001 \| EE-MD-0055-0002 \| EE-MD-0055-0003 \| EE-MD-0055-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	White, Teresa Burke (Virginia) EE-MD-0055-0003 \| EE-MD-0055-9000