United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment in a race discrimination claim under Title VII was proper where claimant was not an employee of defendants, and a 42 U.S.C. section 1981 claim fails where no evidence showed that defendants' actions were motivated by race.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/09/2003
• Decided 04/29/2003
• Published 04/29/2003

Judges

• FLAUM, Chief Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and POSNER and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• MacArthur Drake (argued), Drake & Associates, Gary, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven J. Teplinsky (argued), Michael Best & Friedrich, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.