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Case Name	EEOC v. LAWRY'S RESTAURANT	EE-CA-0126
Docket / Court	CV 06-1963 DDP PLAx ( C.D. Cal. )
State/Territory	California
Case Type(s)	Equal Employment
Special Collection	EEOC Study -- in sample
Attorney Organization	EEOC
Case Summary	The EEOC's Los Angeles district office filed suit against Lawry's Restaurants, dba Lawry's The Prime Rib, Five Crowns and Tam O'Shanter Inn, on March 31, 2006 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The docket is the only available document for this case and it is ... read more > The EEOC's Los Angeles district office filed suit against Lawry's Restaurants, dba Lawry's The Prime Rib, Five Crowns and Tam O'Shanter Inn, on March 31, 2006 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The docket is the only available document for this case and it is uncertain what the EEOC claimed as causes of action. Lawry's Restaurants, Inc. filed a motion for summary judgment in November 2006, which was granted in part on January 26, 2007 such that the class the EEOC purported to represent would be limited to those individuals the EEOC could show 1) had an interest in being a server and were denied or refrained from applying during the statutory filing period, 2) the class of people the EEOC could collect back pay for two years, and 3) were from the class of people that the EEOC could collect compensatory and punitive damages. Aaron Weismann - 06/07/2007 compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Affected Gender

Male

Discrimination-area

Hiring

Discrimination-basis

Sex 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)	Lawrys Restaurants, 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	2007
Case Ongoing	No

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Documents

Docket(s)

2:06-cv-01963-DDP-PLA (C.D. Cal.)
EE-CA-0126-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 01/26/2007

General Documents

EEOC Press Release EE-CA-0126-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 04/04/2006
Order [Motion to Dismiss] [ECF# 17] (C.D. Cal.) EE-CA-0126-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 07/14/2006 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order [Motion for Summary Judgment] [ECF# 42] (2007 WL 6935814) (C.D. Cal.) EE-CA-0126-0002.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 01/26/2007 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Abrams, Paul L. (C.D. Cal.) [Magistrate] EE-CA-0126-9000