United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit against a high-end clothing retailer alleging retaliation and discrimination, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) the failure of a pro se plaintiff to check the box marked "race" on a standard complaint form did not preclude her 42 U.S.C. section 1981 claims; and 2) an allegation of defamation in retaliation for filing a post-termination EEOC complaint is actionable under Title VII.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/21/2008
• Published 03/21/2008

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, FLAUM, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Parisima Abdullahi, Lake Bluff, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul A. Patten, Jackson Lewis, Chicago, IL, Joseph A. Saccomano, Jackson Lewis, White Plains, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.