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WILSON v. ALL-STEEL, INC.

No. 54046.

87 Ill.2d 28 (1981)

428 N.E.2d 489

ELOUISE WILSON et al., Appellants, v. ALL-STEEL, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter R. Meyers, of Chicago, for appellant Elouise Wilson.

James C. Franczek, Jr., and Marian C. Haney, of Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, of Chicago, for appellee.

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield (J. Stuart Garbutt, special assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellant Department of Human Rights.

Demetrius E. Carney, of Lafontant, Wilkins & Butler, and Alan S. Gilbert, Patricia A. Greenfield, Les Jin, and Joan M. O'Shaughnessy, all of Chicago, for amici curiae NAACP et al.

Ann P. Sheldon, Susan W. Wanat, and John M. Cannon, of Chicago, for amici curiae Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry and Mid-America Legal Foundation.

Charles R. McKirdy and Brian W. Bulgar, of Pope, Ballard, Shepard & Fowle, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Midwest Industrial Management Association.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Elouise Wilson, was employed by the defendant, All-Steel, Inc., as a final assembler in a manufacturing plant that produced metal furniture. After being so employed for slightly more than one month, she was discharged on July 6, 1977. The stated reasons for her termination were that she failed to obey company rules regarding the wearing of safety glasses, as well as her apparent...

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