United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants in a Title VII and 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation is affirmed as to the 1983 claims and the Title VII racial discrimination claim, but reversed for the remaining Title VII claims where: 1) plaintiff provided sufficient circumstantial evidence of discrimination; 2) plaintiff produced sufficient evidence to defeat summary judgment for a hostile work environment claim under a negligence theory for sexual harassment; and 3) a reasonable fact-finder could conclude that plaintiff's termination was an act of retaliation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/18/2006
• Published 09/18/2006

Judges

• WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, EVANS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brian R. Holman (argued), Holman & Stefanowicz, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Craig M. Sandberg (argued), Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.