United States Seventh Circuit

The district court erred in entering judgment on the pleadings against plaintiff's ADA claim where the allegations of plaintiff's complaint permit the inference necessary to survive a dismissal on the pleadings.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/08/2004
• Published 09/08/2004

Judges

• ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before KANNE, ROVNER, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bernard Shapiro, Prairie State Legal Services, Incorporated, Rockford, IL, Eliot Abarbanel, Prairie State Legal Services, Incorporated, Carol Stream, IL, Sarah Megan (argued), Prairie State Legal Services, Incorporated, Batavia, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Sarah E. Harrington, Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Max Lapertosa, Barry C. Taylor, Equip for Equality Inc., Benjamin S. Wolf, Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc., Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mary E. Welsh (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.