United States Seventh Circuit

In an employment termination brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where: 1) plaintiff is entitled to proceed to trial on her due-process claim as she had a property interest in continuing employment and defendant deprived her of it without a hearing; and 2) an informal complaint may constitute protected activity for purposes of retaliation claims under the ADA; and 3) there is a triable issue as to whether the employer initiated plaintiff's discharge because she had just protested her supervisor's possibly discriminatory attitude or because her work performance was inadequate.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/30/2007
• Decided 07/24/2009
• Published 07/24/2009

Judges

• ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before MANION, ROVNER and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel J. McGrail (argued), Rockford, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen E. Balogh, III (argued), Williams McCarthy, Rockford, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.