United States Seventh Circuit
Opp v. Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County, 09-3714
In former assistant state's attorneys' suit against the county state's attorney, claiming unlawful employment termination in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), district court's grant of defendants' motions to dismiss in ruling that the plaintiffs were excluded from the ADEA's coverage because they held policymaking positions as a matter of law, is affirmed where: 1) district court's determination as a matter of law of the policymaking status of the plaintiffs' positions was proper because the plaintiffs' positions as assistant state's attorneys gave them inherent policymaking authority, and the plaintiffs' roles as assistant state attorneys were clearly defined by statute; and 2) plaintiffs' argument that they were not appointed by the state's attorney and thus cannot be considered "appointees" on the policymaking level is without merit.
Appellate Information
- Argued 09/21/2010
- Decided 12/29/2010
- Published 12/29/2010
Judges
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit