Coke Bottler Can't Sink EEOC Suit Over Women-Only Retreat

By Grace Elletson and Anne Cullen · October 19, 2026, 12:10 PM EDT

A New Hampshire federal judge declined to dismiss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging a Coca-Cola bottling company bucked federal antidiscrimination law by holding a women-only corporate event, unpersuaded...

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Case Information

Case Title

US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast, Inc.

Case Number

1:26-cv-00115

Court

New Hampshire

Nature of Suit

Civil Rights: Jobs

Date Filed

February 17, 2026