MOTOROLA v. ILL. FAIR EMPLOYMENT COM.

No. 39297.

34 Ill.2d 266 (1966)

215 N.E.2d 286

MOTOROLA, INC., Appellant, v. ILLINOIS FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES COMMISSION et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 24, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CHARLES E. GREEN, ROBERT V. NYSTROM, ROBERT E. CRONIN and HOWARD C. GOLDMAN, all of Chicago, for appellant.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, (RICHARD A. MICHAEL, A. ZOLA GROVES, and BERNARD GENIS, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for appellees.

KATZ & FRIEDMAN, of Chicago, for amicus curiae International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America, UAW, AFL-CIO, and Robert Johnston.

JAMES B. O'SHAUGHNESSY, of Chicago, (SCHIFF, HARDIN, WAITE, DORSCHEL & BRITTON, of counsel,) for amicus curiae Illinois State Chamber of Commerce.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

The Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission found that the plaintiff, Motorola, Inc., falsely recorded the examination grade of a Negro applicant for employment in order to avoid hiring him. The circuit court of Cook County affirmed the Commission's ruling that the plaintiff had committed an unfair employment practice, and this administrative review action comes here on direct...

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