BARNES v. BARBOSA

No. 84-2517.

144 Ill. App.3d 860 (1986)

494 N.E.2d 619

FLETCHER BARNES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MANUEL BARBOSA, Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed May 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ricardo L. Tate and William J. Martinez, both of Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, of Chicago, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Jill Wine-Banks, Solicitor General, and Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Fletcher Barnes, a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bus driver, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County affirming a determination by the Human Rights Commission that there was no substantial evidence that the CTA discriminated against the plaintiff because of a mental handicap.

We reverse and remand...

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