United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants in a suit against sheriff's department by employees is affirmed where: 1) similarly situated employees were not treated differently on account of race; 2) similarly situated employees who did not engage in protected activities were not treated differently; and 3) appellant could not directly prove discrimination.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/05/2005
• Decided 05/10/2006
• Published 05/10/2006

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charmaine E. Dwyer (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gregory Vaci (argued), Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.