Case: EEOC v. LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED

1:99-cv-00171 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: March 10, 1999

Closed Date: 1999

Clearinghouse coding complete

Case Summary

In March 1999, the EEOC district office in Charlotte, North Carolina brought this action against Leggett & Platt, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. The complaint in not available. On the same day the complaint was filed, the parties filed the consent decree. The court provisionally approved the consent decree so the parties could finalize a class distribution list. Upon finalization, the court entered the final consent decree in December 1999.The con…

The consent decree ordered the defendants to pay a total of $200,000. $15,000 is to go to the charging party with the rest to be split up equally among the aggrieved class members. Defendants are to also provide preferential hiring to the aggrieived class members at least until twelve spots have been filled with such people, they are to hold trainings detailing the company's policy against discrimination and retaliation for managers and hold group meetings for all other employees on the same topic as well as the complaint process. Additionally, defendants must post a copy of the anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation policy.

show full summary

Summary Authors

Jennifer Solomon (7/30/2007)

Documents in the Clearinghouse

	Document
1:99-cv-00171	Docket (PACER) EEOC v. LEGGETT & PLATT, INC.	Dec. 22, 1999	Dec. 22, 1999 Docket
8 1:99-cv-00171	Amended Consent Decree EEOC v. Leggett & Platt, Inc.	Dec. 10, 1999	Dec. 10, 1999 Settlement Agreement

show / hide documents

Resources

Title	Description		External URL Date / External URL
Under the Radar: Visibility and the Effects of Discrimination Lawsuits in Small and Large Firms Carly Knight, Frank Dobbin, Alexandra Kalev	Research on how discrimination lawsuits affect corporate diversity has yielded mixed results. Qualitative studies highlight the limited efficacy of lawsuits in the typical workplace, finding that lit…	April 1, 2022	April 1, 2022 https://cris.tau.ac.il/...

show / hide resources

Docket

Last updated April 19, 2024, 3:05 a.m.

ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
	**Case assigned to Magistrate Judge Eliason. AO Code 18AG (K. Mckenzie) (Entered: 03/10/1999)	March 10, 1999	March 10, 1999
1	COMPLAINT; jury demand (K. Mckenzie) (Entered: 03/10/1999)	March 10, 1999	March 10, 1999
2	CONSENT DECREE with Exhibits (K. Mckenzie) (Entered: 03/10/1999)	March 10, 1999	March 10, 1999
	Notice of Right to Consent 28 USC 636(c)(2) (K. Mckenzie) (Entered: 03/10/1999)	March 10, 1999	March 10, 1999
	CASE REFERRED to Judge Beaty re #2 with proposed order for provisional approval. (fe) (Entered: 04/09/1999)	April 9, 1999	April 9, 1999
3	ORDER PROVISIONALLY APPROVING CONSENT DECREE. Notice of the provisional approval of the Consent Decree shall be given by the Commission to all persons who applied for a production job at Defendant's Asheboro, NC, facility during the period of 09/01/97 through 02/04/99. Notice shall be given on or before 60d following the entry of this order, with delivery by regular U.S. mail postage prepaid. Within 60d following the entry of this order, Plaintiff shall file a proposed Distribution of Damages, a proposed Preference List and a proposed Order approving the Distribution of Damages and Preference List in substantially the form attached to the Consent Decree as Exhibit B. (signed by JUDGE JAMES A. BEATY JR.) (R. Winchester) (Entered: 04/15/1999)	April 15, 1999	April 15, 1999
5	ORDER granting [4-1] motion to Extend Time to file its proposed Distribution of Damages and proposed Preference List to and including 06/28/99. (signed by JUDGE JAMES A. BEATY JR.) Ccs. dist. (R. Winchester) (Entered: 06/16/1999)	June 16, 1999	June 16, 1999
6	MOTION by EEOC for Provisional Approval of Distribution of Damages and Preference List . (R. Winchester) (Entered: 06/25/1999)	June 25, 1999	June 25, 1999
	CASE REFERRED to Judge Beaty. Re: proposed order approving distribution of damages and preference list. (D. Kemp) (Entered: 06/30/1999)	June 30, 1999	June 30, 1999
7	ORDER granting [6-1] motion for Provisional Approval of Distribution of Damages and Preference List, Set Fairness Hearing for 9:30 9/24/99 in COURTROOM #1 (WSA) signed by JUDGE JAMES A. BEATY JR. [EOD Date 7/14/99] Ccs. dist. (R. Winchester) (Entered: 07/14/1999)	July 12, 1999	July 12, 1999
8	AMENDED CONSENT DECREE with Exhibit EOD Date 12/15/99] (L. Simmonds) (Entered: 12/15/1999)	Dec. 10, 1999	Dec. 10, 1999
	CASE REFERRED to Judge Beaty. Re: proposed order. (D. Kemp) (Entered: 12/17/1999)	Dec. 17, 1999	Dec. 17, 1999
9	FINAL ORDER granting [8-1] Amended consent decree, Distribution of Damages and Preference List and Order of Dismissal. This action is hereby dismissed with prejudice, except that the Court retains jurisdiction for a period of two (2) years for the date hereof over any action to enforce the Amended Consent Decree signed by JUDGE JAMES A. BEATY JR. Ccs dist. [EOD Date 12/22/99] (L. Simmonds) (Entered: 12/22/1999)	Dec. 22, 1999	Dec. 22, 1999
	CASE CLOSED. Closing Code 8 (L. Simmonds) (Entered: 12/22/1999)	Dec. 22, 1999	Dec. 22, 1999