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CANNON v. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 76-1238, 76-1239.

559 F.2d 1063 (1976)

Geraldine G. CANNON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO et al., Defendants-Appellees. Geraldine G. CANNON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 27, 1976.

On Rehearing August 9, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Cannon, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Samuel K. Skinner, U.S. Atty., Frederick H. Branding, Asst. U.S. Atty., Marvin E. Gavin, Regional Atty., Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, and Rochell K. Stallworth, Gen. Atty., Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, Thomas H. Morsch, Stuart Bernstein, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before SPRECHER and BAUER, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Geraldine Cannon brought this civil rights suit against defendants, the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and various individual officers of the schools, after she was rejected as an applicant for admission to the medical schools. She alleges that she was denied admission because of her age and sex. The trial court dismissed the suit for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. We affirm.

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