United States Seventh Circuit

In an employment discrimination action brought against the City of Chicago by a former member of the United States Air Force, district court's judgment is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff's claim under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) of 1994 was barred by the four-year statute of limitations provided by 28 U.S.C. section 1658(a); and 2) the Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act's amendment expressly stating that statute of limitations does not apply to USERRA, has no retroactive effect.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/14/2009
• Decided 08/24/2009
• Published 08/24/2009

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before KANNE, ROVNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Denise M. Mercherson (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher S. Norborg (argued), Office of the Corporation Counsel, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.