United States Seventh Circuit

A threat of retaliation cannot be used as a basis for equitable estoppel to extend the statute of limitations in a Title VII suit for sexual harassment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/09/2002
• Decided 08/29/2002
• Published 08/29/2002

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Henry P. Villani (Argued), Mt. Vernon, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles E. Reis, IV (Argued), Brown & James, St. Louis, MO, for Defendant-Appellee.