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Case Name	EEOC v. LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	EE-SC-0030
Docket / Court	3-99-2380 17BC ( D.S.C. )
State/Territory	South Carolina
Case Type(s)	Equal Employment
Special Collection	EEOC Study -- in sample
Attorney Organization	EEOC
Case Summary	EEOC's Charlotte, NC office filed this Title VII lawsuit alleging that the defendant Lucent Technologies, Inc. failed to promote five installers at its Columbia, SC facility because of their race. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina ( ... read more > EEOC's Charlotte, NC office filed this Title VII lawsuit alleging that the defendant Lucent Technologies, Inc. failed to promote five installers at its Columbia, SC facility because of their race. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina (Columbia) on 08/20/1999. The individual complainants did not intervene in the suit or file a separate suit. The case was settled before any discovery was made. A two-year consent decree was entered by the district court on 04/13/2000. Under the consent decree, the defendant agreed to pay the five complainants a total sum of $46,346. The defendant also agreed to provide necessary training for promotion to three complainants. The complainant's personnel record would be expunged of any record related to the lawsuit. Additionally, the defendant was required to provide training and post notice of EEO policies. Yin Zheng - 07/15/2007 compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

Content of Injunction

Discrimination Prohibition

Expungement of Employment Record

Monitoring

Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law

Provide antidiscrimination training

Reporting

Retaliation Prohibition

EEOC-centric

Direct Suit on Merits

General

Disparate Treatment

Plaintiff Type

EEOC Plaintiff

Causes of Action

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

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	Lucent Technologies Inc.
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	Damages Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Order Duration	2000 - 2002
Case Closing Year	2000
Case Ongoing	No

Additional Resources

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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 Faculty) 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 Faculty) Citation: 101 Colum. L. Rev. 458 (2001) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]

Documents

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Docket(s)

3:99-cv-02380-JFA-JRM (D.S.C.)
EE-SC-0030-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 04/13/2000
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Consent Decree

EE-SC-0030-0001.pdf | Detail
Date: 04/13/2000

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