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OLIN CORP. v. FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES COM.

No. 74-102.

34 Ill. App.3d 868 (1976)

341 N.E.2d 459

OLIN CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ILLINOIS FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES COMMISSION et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

January 15, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Chicago (Paul J. Bargiel and Michael B. Weinstein, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for appellant Fair Employment Practices Com.

Donald C. Rikli, of Highland, for appellant Burl McEvers.

Arthur W. Dulemba, Jr., of Stamford, Connecticut, and Dorothy Kelley, of East Alton, for appellee.

Lee Boothby, of Berrien Springs, Michigan, for amicus curiae Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Paul Franklin, of Chicago, and Edward Leavy and Joy Meyers, both of New York, New York, for amicus curiae Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE EBERSPACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal is taken from a judgment entered by the circuit court of Madison County reversing an order of the defendant Fair Employment Practices Commission (Commission) finding that plaintiff Olin Corporation (Olin) had unlawfully discriminated against its employee defendant, Burl Leon McEvers, because of his religion. The circuit court ruled in relevant part:

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