Filed Date: Sept. 26, 2006
Closed Date: 2009
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The San Antonio district office of the EEOC brought this suit against Loop 20 Texas, Inc. and Cheema, Inc. in September 2006 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. The complaint alleged the defendants' top official subjected a class of female employees to sexual harassment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He also retaliated against a female employee, reducing her hours and accordingly constructively discharging her. The defendants moved to dismiss the case in December 2006, and the motion was denied in February 2007. After the judge in the case entered an administrative order closing the case, the parties entered a consent decree in May 2007.
The decree included non-discrimination and non-retaliation clauses, required the defendants to expunge the employment record of the female employee, and required the defendants to post and distribute a notice of employees' rights. The consent decree also required the defendants to train all employees in equal employment opportunity compliance training for no less than four hours. The injunctive parts of the decree had a two year term. If the EEOC found non-compliance, the running of the two year period is tolled as of the date of the violation. In addition, the defendants agreed to pay $16,750 to the complainant and $18,250 to a fund for aggrieved individuals identified by the EEOC as class members, in amounts to be set forth by the EEOC. The docket sheet does not show any further enforcement; the case was presumably closed in 2009.
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Kevin Wilemon (5/20/2008)
Clearinghouse (6/12/2017)
Last updated March 23, 2024, 3:05 a.m.
State / Territory: Texas
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Sept. 26, 2006
Closing Date: 2009
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.
Plaintiff Type(s):
Attorney Organizations:
Public Interest Lawyer: Yes
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
Loop 20 Texas, Inc. (Odessa, Texas), Private Entity/Person
Cheema, Inc. (Odessa, Texas), Private Entity/Person
Loop 20 Texas, Inc. (Odessa, Texas), Private Entity/Person
Cheema, Inc. (Odessa, Texas), Private Entity/Person
Cheema, Inc., Private Entity/Person
Loop 20 Texas, Inc., Private Entity/Person
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
Available Documents:
Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief
Outcome
Prevailing Party: Plaintiff
Nature of Relief:
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief:
Form of Settlement:
Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Amount Defendant Pays: 35000
Order Duration: 2007 - 2009
Content of Injunction:
Expungement of Employment Record
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Implement complaint/dispute resolution process
Issues
General:
Discrimination-area:
Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff
Harassment / Hostile Work Environment
Other Conditions of Employment (including assignment, transfer, hours, working conditions, etc)
Discrimination-basis:
Affected Sex or Gender:
EEOC-centric: