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Case Name	EEOC v. EAGLE AIRFREIGHT, INC. a Texas Corporation	EE-OK-0015
Docket / Court	CIV-00-751-R ( W.D. Okla. )
State/Territory	Oklahoma
Case Type(s)	Equal Employment
Special Collection	EEOC Study -- in sample
Attorney Organization	EEOC
Case Summary	The Dallas and Oklahoma City offices of the EEOC brought this suit against Eagle USA Airfreight Inc. in April 2000, alleging racial discrimination. We do not have the complaint, so the specific allegations are not available. In September 2000, this case was consolidated with a private party suit ( ... read more > The Dallas and Oklahoma City offices of the EEOC brought this suit against Eagle USA Airfreight Inc. in April 2000, alleging racial discrimination. We do not have the complaint, so the specific allegations are not available. In September 2000, this case was consolidated with a private party suit (5:00-cv-00787-R). The EEOC filed a motion for partial summary judgment in January 2001, which was denied that February. In March 2001, a jury trial was held, and a verdict was returned in favor of the defendant. In May 2001, the EEOC appealed the verdict to the Court of Appeals, but the appeal was dismissed. Shankar Viswanathan - 08/14/2008 compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Discrimination-area

Harassment / Hostile Work Environment

Discrimination-basis

Race discrimination

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


Defendant(s)	Eagle USA Airfreight 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	Defendant
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	None
Source of Relief	None
Case Closing Year	2001
Case Ongoing	No

Related Cases


Case Listing	EE-OK-0054 : Lewis v. EGL Inc. (W.D. Okla.)

Additional Resources


	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 By: Susan Sturm (Columbia Law School) Citation: 101 Colum. L. Rev. 458 (2001) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]

Documents

Docket(s)

5:00-cv-00751-R (W.D. Okla.)
EE-OK-0015-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 08/01/2001
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Order of Consolidation [ECF# 18] (W.D. Okla.) EE-OK-0015-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/29/2000 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order [re: Partial Summary Judgment] [ECF# 38] (W.D. Okla.) EE-OK-0015-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 02/13/2001 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

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