United States Seventh Circuit

In plaintiff's discrimination and retaliation suit against a college and three of its employees, claiming that she was not hired by the college because of her race and because her husband had previously filed a frivolous lawsuit against the same defendants, district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff is not entitled to a favorable inference under the spoliation doctrine as there is no evidence that any of the defendants destroyed documents in bad faith; 2) district court correctly granted judgment in favor of the defendant on plaintiff's claim of racial discrimination in hiring as there is no evidence supporting her claim of pretext; and 3) plaintiff's claim of "marital association retaliation" cannot survive summary judgment because she has failed to provide any evidence that the defendants refused to hire her because of her marriage to her husband.

Appellate Information

• Argued 09/22/2009
• Decided 11/08/2010
• Published 11/08/2010

Judges

• ROVNER

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel