United States Seventh Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's Title VII case is affirmed where employer defendant's refusal to confer "Affinity Group" status to plaintiff's proposed Christian-themed group in a sponsored diversity initiative was not discriminatory since defendant's program treated all groups with religious positions equally by denying them such status.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/24/2005
• Decided 12/29/2005
• Published 12/30/2005

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David C. Gibbs, III (argued), Gibbs Law Firm, Seminole, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Ann Elizabeth Reesman, McGuiness & Williams, Washington, DC, amicus curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Barry E. Fields (argued), Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Defendant-Appellee.