COWAN v. GLENBROOK SEC. SERVICES, INC.

No. 96-3897.

123 F.3d 438 (1997)

Thomas COWAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GLENBROOK SECURITY SERVICES, INC., d/b/a Glenbrook Patrol Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony S. DiVincenzo (argued), Campbell & DiVincenzo, Chicago, IL, Rick M. Schoenfield, Schoenfield & Swartzman, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

J. Paula Roderick, Grady B. Murdock, Jr. (argued), Jerome A. Siegan, Neal & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Cudahy, Eschbach, and Flaum, Circuit Judges.


Flaum, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Thomas Cowan contends that defendant-appellee Glenbrook Security Services, Inc. discharged him because he is African-American and seeks compensatory damages under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq., for the allegedly unlawful termination of his employment. According to Glenbrook, habitual tardiness, not discrimination, was at the root of plaintiff's dismissal. The district...

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