Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Grinnell Corp.

ENTRY

BARKER, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the Court on defendant Grinnell Corporation’s motion for summary judgment. For the reasons stated below, Grinnell’s motion is denied.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Although many of the facts in this case are contested, the following is largely undisputed. Grinnell is a manufacturing company which produces and distributes products in the waterworks industry. At its Indianapolis and Cincinnati supply facilities Grinnell sells, among other things, pipes, pipe fittings, valves, sprinkler devices, pipe hangars, back-flow preventers and unit heaters.

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