United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant, a municipal organization, in a suit based on a hostile work environment and national origin employment discrimination is affirmed where plaintiffs offered insufficient evidence that the city had knowledge of the hostile environment or discriminated against them either directly or indirectly.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/20/2006
• Decided 04/04/2006
• Published 04/04/2006

Judges

• FLAUM, Chief Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and BAUER and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kevin E. Bry (argued), Michael E. Lavelle (argued), Lavelle & Motta, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Benna R. Solomon, Christopher S. Norborg (argued), Office of the Corporation Counsel Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.