United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit alleging sexual harassment, retaliation, and 42 U.S.C. section 1983 violations for city's termination of plaintiff-city employee, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff's illegal eavesdropping on her supervisors was not a protected activity for purposes of her retaliation claim; 2) plaintiff produced no other evidence that she engaged in a protected activity and was terminated as a result; 3) plaintiff produced no evidence under the indirect method of proof that she was performing her job in a satisfactory manner, or that she was treated differently from similarly-situated employees; 4) plaintiff could not rebut defendant's proffered, non-discriminatory reason for terminating her; and 5) plaintiff waived her other arguments on appeal.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/17/2008
• Decided 08/26/2008
• Published 08/26/2008

Judges

• TINDER, Circuit Judge., Before RIPPLE, ROVNER, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bruce Carr (argued), Rex Carr Law Firm, East St. Louis, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christine M. McClimans (argued), Schrempf, Blaine, Kelly & Darr, Alton, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.