OAK LAWN v. ILL. HUMAN RIGHTS COM.

No. 84-1280.

133 Ill. App.3d 221 (1985)

478 N.E.2d 1115

THE VILLAGE OF OAK LAWN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ILLINOIS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed May 16, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manuel Rosenstein and Lionel I. Brazen, both of Chicago, for appellant Judith Walsh.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Paula Giroux, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for other appellants.

Patrick Lucansky and Thomas Bayer, both of Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, of Chicago, for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI delivered the opinion of the court:

On September 22, 1978, the plaintiff, Judith Walsh, filed a complaint alleging employment discrimination with the Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission (Commission), now known as the Human Rights Commission. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 68, par. 1-101 et seq. (Human Rights Act, hereinafter the Act).) The complaint charged the village of Oak Lawn with handicap discrimination...

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