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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION v. J AND R BAKER FARMS LLC et al

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Case Number:

7:14-cv-00136

Court:

Georgia Middle

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Jobs

Judge:

HUGH LAWSON

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  1. July 06, 2016

    EEOC Settles Discrimination Suit With Ga. Farm

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission settled a discrimination suit against a Georgia farm accused of favoring foreign-born employees over domestic workers in which the farm has agreed to fork over $205,000, according to a consent decree signed Wednesday by a Georgia federal judge.

  2. February 24, 2016

    EEOC Beats Sanctions Bid In Farm Discrimination Suit

    A federal judge refused Wednesday to sanction the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a discrimination suit it filed against a Georgia farm, disregarding protestations that the agency couldn't back up its case with basic facts.

  3. January 26, 2016

    Farm Says EEOC's Sanctions Defense More Like An Admission

    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's bid to escape sanctions in a race and national origin bias lawsuit it filed against a Georgia farm reads more like a confession than a defense, the farm said Monday, insisting a federal court needs to throw out the suit.

  4. January 07, 2016

    EEOC Fights Sanctions Bid In Ga. Farm Race Bias Suit

    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Thursday urged a Georgia federal court to not find it in contempt or to issue sanctions such as dismiss its race and national origin discrimination case against a farm because the agency failed to fully comply with a court order that it provide specific information on potential class members.

  5. December 17, 2015

    Ga. Farm Wants EEOC Sanctioned Over Discovery Violations

    A Georgia farm targeted by an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission race and national origin bias suit on Thursday asked a Georgia federal court to sanction the agency for allegedly failing to provide complete discovery documents and making false and intentionally misleading statements regarding individual workers' claims.

  6. November 13, 2015

    EEOC Can't Trim Bias Suit Class Member Info After Atty Flub

    A federal judge on Friday slammed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's bid to reduce the production of class member information in a race and national origin bias suit against a Georgia farm, after an EEOC attorney mistakenly inflated the number of workers in the class.

  7. November 03, 2015

    Farm Calls EEOC Class Size Flub 'Tactic' To Skirt Order

    A Georgia farm accused by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of discriminating against U.S.-born workers blasted the agency's attempt to shave more than 1,500 individuals from the potential class because its attorney mistakenly overshot the number, calling the reduction a "tactic" intended to get around a court order.

  8. October 09, 2015

    EEOC Asks To Lower Class Info Order After Its Atty's Flub

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Wednesday asked a Georgia federal judge overseeing a race and national origin discrimination case to reconsider how many putative class members he wants the agency to provide detailed background information for, acknowledging its attorney goofed on the overall number involved.

  9. September 09, 2015

    EEOC Ordered To Turn Over Docs In Farm Discrimination Row

    A Georgia federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to turn over documents in its case against a Georgia farm the agency accuses of discriminating against U.S.-born workers.

  10. August 11, 2015

    EEOC Suit Against Ga. Farm Survives Dismissal Bid

    A Georgia federal judge said Tuesday that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has shown enough factual allegations of discrimination by a Georgia farm against its U.S.-born workers, both white and African-American, to survive a dismissal bid.