United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the Equal Pay Act, summary judgment for defendant-employer is reversed where: 1) comments evincing anti-female animus can support a hostile environment claim; 2) a jury could have concluded that a reasonable person in plaintiff's position would feel she had no choice but to resign; 3) plaintiff provided evidence sufficient to survive summary judgment under the indirect, burden shifting method of proving disparate treatment; 4) a jury could have concluded that plaintiff's complaints triggered subsequent adverse actions; and 5) plaintiff's evidence was sufficient to create a genuine issue of material fact as to whether a pay disparity was justified.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/13/2007
• Decided 06/04/2007
• Published 06/04/2007

Judges

• FLAUM, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, MANION, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carol L. Oshana (argued), Basile & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John Z. Lee (argued), Freeborn & Peters, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.