ABEX CORP. v. FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACT. COM.

No. 76-616.

49 Ill. App.3d 469 (1977)

364 N.E.2d 495

ABEX CORPORATION, AMSCO DIVISION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE ILLINOIS FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES COMMISSION et al., Defendants. — (HARVEY C. JONES, Defendant-Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed June 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane C. Geraghty, of Northwestern Legal Assistance Clinic, of Chicago, for appellant.

Winston & Strawn, of Chicago (George B. Christensen and Philip C. Wherry, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE JIGANTI delivered the opinion of the court:

Harvey C. Jones filed a charge of an unfair employment practice with the Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC) against Abex Corporation, Amsco Division (Abex) alleging that he had been wrongfully terminated on the basis of race. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 48, par. 853.) A hearing examiner, finding in favor of Jones, specifically found that Jones was dismissed because...

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