Case: EEOC v. SARA LEE CORPORATION

4:99-cv-00522 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 1999

Closed Date: 2000

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Case Summary

The EEOC's Charlotte district office sued Sara Lee Corporation on February 26, 1999 in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. The EEOC alleged that the defendant violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it discriminated based on physical disability (complex partial seizure) by failing to accommodate an employee's disability and not change her shift after deciding to change the shifts. Defendant filed a motion for summary judgment on December 10, 1999, which was granted on February 24, 2000. The EEOC filed an appeal on April 20, 2000, but the appellate court affirmed the district court's decision.

Summary Authors

Aaron Weismann (7/27/2007)

Documents in the Clearinghouse

Document

4:99-cv-00522

Docket [PACER]

EEOC v. Sara Lee Corporation

March 9, 2001

March 9, 2001

Docket

00-01534

Docket [PACER - 9th Cir.]

EEOC v. Sara Lee Corporation

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

March 26, 2003

March 26, 2003

Docket
29

4:99-cv-00522

Order [Granting S/J to Defendants]

EEOC v. Sara Lee Corporation

Feb. 24, 2000

Feb. 24, 2000

Order/Opinion

00-01534

Opinion [Affirming Decision of the District Court]

EEOC v. Sara Lee Corporation

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Jan. 9, 2001

Jan. 9, 2001

Order/Opinion

Resources

Docket

Last updated March 19, 2024, 3:09 a.m.

ECF Number Description Date Link Date / Link
1

COMPLAINT; Scheduling order due by 6/7/99 Service due by 6/28/99 for Sara Lee Corporation (sste) (Entered: 02/26/1999)

Feb. 26, 1999

Feb. 26, 1999

2

Answers to 16B Interrogatories by plaintiff Equal Employment; jury demand (sste) (Entered: 02/26/1999)

Feb. 26, 1999

Feb. 26, 1999

** Added JURY Flag indicating jury demand request. (sste) (Entered: 02/26/1999)

Feb. 26, 1999

Feb. 26, 1999

CASE NO LONGER REFERRED TO Magistrate Judge Joseph R. McCrorey; Case removed from docket of Magistrate Judge R. McCrorey (suro) (Entered: 03/08/1999)

March 5, 1999

March 5, 1999

3

SCHEDULING ORDER setting Plaintiff's ID of Experts set for 8/26/99; Defendant's ID of Experts set for 9/27/99; Joining of parties, amending of pleadings on 7/26/99; Deadline for filing of all motions 11/9/99; Discovery cutoff 10/26/99; No motions relating to discovery shall be filed until counsel have consulted and have had telephone conference with the court; Jury Trial set for 2/7/00; (signed by Judge Cameron M. Currie) MLD/EOD 3/11/99 (aric) (Entered: 03/11/1999)

March 11, 1999

March 11, 1999

4

ANSWER to Complaint by defendant Sara Lee Corporation (Attorney Cara Yates) (mdea) (Entered: 03/18/1999)

March 18, 1999

March 18, 1999

5

MOTION by defendant Sara Lee Corporation for Robin E. Shea to appear pro hac vice FILING FEE PAID; receipt #300-24783 (mdea) (Entered: 04/01/1999)

March 31, 1999

March 31, 1999

6

AFFIDAVIT of Robin E. Shea by defendant Sara Lee Corporation in support of [5-1] motion for Robin E. Shea to appear pro hac vice (mdea) (Entered: 04/01/1999)

March 31, 1999

March 31, 1999

7

ORDER granting [5-1] motion for Robin E. Shea to appear pro hac vice (signed by Judge Cameron M. Currie) (aric) (Entered: 04/09/1999)

April 8, 1999

April 8, 1999

8

Answers to 16B Interrogatories by defendant Sara Lee Corporation (former empl) (Entered: 04/19/1999)

April 19, 1999

April 19, 1999

9

MOTION by defendant Sara Lee Corporation to compel complete answers and produce responsive documents to discovery requests (former empl) (Entered: 05/18/1999)

May 17, 1999

May 17, 1999

10

MEMORANDUM by defendant Sara Lee Corporation in support of [9-1] motion to compel complete answers and produce responsive documents to discovery requests (former empl) (Entered: 05/18/1999)

May 17, 1999

May 17, 1999

Minute entry: Telephone Conference re: [9-1] motion to compel complete answers and produce responsive documents to discovery requests, motion held in abeyance and counsel (Ms Yates) given opportunity to file memorandum in support of motion to compel regarding request #1 (document #1) if she wishes to pursue; Supplemental memorandum to be filed no later than ten (10) days from todays date (aric) (Entered: 05/25/1999)

May 25, 1999

May 25, 1999

11

Plaintiff's ID of Experts by Equal Employment (aric) (Entered: 08/31/1999)

Aug. 27, 1999

Aug. 27, 1999

12

CONSENT ORDER, Reset scheduling order deadlines: Deadline for filing of all motions by 12/10/99; Discovery deadline on 11/30/99; No motions relating to discovery shall be filed until counsel have consulted and have had telephone conference with the Court; All other dates in previous scheduling order are unchanged (signed by Judge Cameron M. Currie) (aric) (Entered: 10/27/1999)

Oct. 26, 1999

Oct. 26, 1999

13

MOTION by defendant Sara Lee Corporation for summary judgment (former empl) (Entered: 12/13/1999)

Dec. 10, 1999

Dec. 10, 1999

14

MEMORANDUM by defendant Sara Lee Corporation in support of [13-1] motion for summary judgment (former empl) (Entered: 12/13/1999)

Dec. 10, 1999

Dec. 10, 1999

15

AFFIDAVIT of Vera Wilson by defendant Sara Lee Corporation Re: [13-1] motion for summary judgment (former empl) (Entered: 12/13/1999)

Dec. 10, 1999

Dec. 10, 1999

16

AFFIDAVIT of Cliff Metcalf by defendant Sara Lee Corporation Re: [13-1] motion for summary judgment (former empl) (Entered: 12/13/1999)

Dec. 10, 1999

Dec. 10, 1999

CASE reassigned from Judge Currie to Judge Patrick Michael Duffy (glev) (Entered: 12/15/1999)

Dec. 15, 1999

Dec. 15, 1999

18

DEPOSITION of Joseph Healy (former empl) (Entered: 12/20/1999)

Dec. 17, 1999

Dec. 17, 1999

19

DEPOSITION of D. Fripp Ducker, MD (former empl) (Entered: 12/20/1999)

Dec. 17, 1999

Dec. 17, 1999

20

DEPOSITION of Vanessa L. Turpin (former empl) (Entered: 12/20/1999)

Dec. 17, 1999

Dec. 17, 1999

21

ORDER, extending time , Response to motion reset to 1/7/00 for [13-1] motion for summary judgment ( signed by Judge Patrick Michael Duffy ) EOD 12/29/99 (cmck) (Entered: 12/29/1999)

Dec. 29, 1999

Dec. 29, 1999

22

MEMORANDUM by plaintiff Equal Employment in opposition to [13-1] motion for summary judgment;attachments (former empl) (Entered: 01/11/2000)

Jan. 7, 2000

Jan. 7, 2000

23

AFFIDAVIT of David R Treeter by plaintiff Equal Employment Re: [22-1] opposition memorandum (former empl) (Entered: 01/11/2000)

Jan. 7, 2000

Jan. 7, 2000

24

ORDER, reset Jury trial for 3/6/00 before Judge Patrick Michael Duffy ( signed by Judge Patrick Michael Duffy ) (former empl) Modified on 05/12/2000 (Entered: 01/13/2000)

Jan. 11, 2000

Jan. 11, 2000

25

ORDER mooting [9-1] motion to compel complete answers and produce responsive documents to discovery requests with leave to refile ( signed by Judge Patrick Michael Duffy ) (cmck) Modified on 05/12/2000 (Entered: 01/13/2000)

Jan. 12, 2000

Jan. 12, 2000

26

NOTICE of Hearing, set jury selection for 10:00 3/6/00 before Judge Patrick Michael Duffy (former empl) Modified on 05/12/2000 (Entered: 01/13/2000)

Jan. 13, 2000

Jan. 13, 2000

27

REPLY BRIEF by defendant Sara Lee Corporation (bbro) (Entered: 01/24/2000)

Jan. 21, 2000

Jan. 21, 2000

28

STATUS REPORT by plaintiff Equal Employment, defendant Sara Lee Corporation (former empl) (Entered: 01/31/2000)

Jan. 28, 2000

Jan. 28, 2000

29

ORDER granting defendant's [13-1] motion for summary judgment and the matters is dismissed ( signed by Judge Patrick Michael Duffy ) (cmck) (Entered: 02/25/2000)

Feb. 24, 2000

Feb. 24, 2000

30

SUMMARY JUDGMENT for defendant Sara Lee Corporation (cmck) (Entered: 02/25/2000)

Feb. 25, 2000

Feb. 25, 2000

Case closed (cmck) (Entered: 02/25/2000)

Feb. 25, 2000

Feb. 25, 2000

31

Return of service unexecuted as to subpoena on Vera Wilson (ttil) (Entered: 03/10/2000)

March 10, 2000

March 10, 2000

32

RETURN OF SERVICE executed as to defendant Sara Lee Corporation (Joseph Healy) 2/28/00 (ttil) (Entered: 03/10/2000)

March 10, 2000

March 10, 2000

33

NOTICE OF APPEAL by plaintiff Equal Employment Re: [30-1] judgment order, [29-1] order Fee Status: UNPAID Transcript purchase order due on 5/1/00 Appeal record due on 5/22/00 (former empl) (Entered: 04/20/2000)

April 20, 2000

April 20, 2000

Notice of appeal and certified copy of docket to USCA: [33-1] appeal by Equal Employment; copies to plaintiff's attorneys, defendant's attorneys, Judge (chen) (Entered: 04/27/2000)

April 27, 2000

April 27, 2000

34

Certificate that the Record on Appeal is Complete for [33-1] appeal by Equal Employment (chen) (Entered: 05/12/2000)

May 12, 2000

May 12, 2000

35

Opinion of the 4th Circuit re: [33-1] appeal by Equal Employment affirming the judgment of the District Court by published opinion; Chief Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion in which Judge Williams and Senior Judge Magill joined (chen) (Entered: 01/17/2001)

Jan. 16, 2001

Jan. 16, 2001

36

JUDGMENT OF USCA (certified copy) Re: [33-1] appeal by Equal Employment; in accordance with the written opinion of USCCA filed 1/16/01 USCCA affirms the judgment of the District Court; issued as and for mandate (chen) (Entered: 03/09/2001)

March 9, 2001

March 9, 2001

37

FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ORDER awarding costs of $221.89 to appellee Sara Lee Corporation (chen) (Entered: 03/09/2001)

March 9, 2001

March 9, 2001

Case Details

State / Territory: South Carolina

Case Type(s):

Equal Employment

Special Collection(s):

EEOC Study — in sample

Key Dates

Filing Date: Feb. 26, 1999

Closing Date: 2000

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

Sara Lee Corporation, Private Entity/Person

Case Details

Causes of Action:

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.

Available Documents:

Trial Court Docket

Any published opinion

Outcome

Prevailing Party: Defendant

Nature of Relief:

None

Source of Relief:

None

Issues

Discrimination-area:

Disparate Treatment

Accommodation / Leave

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

Discrimination-basis:

Disability (inc. reasonable accommodations)

EEOC-centric:

Direct Suit on Merits