United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants in an employment discrimination suit based on race and gender is reversed and remanded where: 1) the plaintiff showed that a similarly situated worker was treated differently under similar circumstances; 2) there was a factual question concerning pretext; and 3) defendants were not estopped from challenging administrative findings of fact.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/22/2006
• Decided 03/31/2006
• Published 03/31/2006

Judges

• FLAUM, Chief Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and WILLIAMS and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John H. Otto (argued), Zimmerly, Gadau, Selin & Otto, Champaign, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James C. Kearns (argued), Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Urbana, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.