United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit alleging that defendant-university denied plaintiff tenure because of her religion and that the head of her department tortiously interfered with her prospective employment by writing a negative tenure recommendation letter, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff's evidence was too weak to permit a reasonable factfinder to conclude that the reason she was denied tenure was a cover for religious discrimination; and 2) plaintiff produced no evidence from which a reasonable juror could infer that the department head was acting recklessly or with a direct intent to injure her.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/27/2006
• Decided 09/14/2007
• Published 09/14/2007

Judges

• SYKES, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and ROVNER and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sally A. Piefer (argued), Schroeder Group, Waukesha, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Donald J. McNeil (argued), Barnes & Thornburg, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.