LIPSEY v. HUMAN RIGHTS COM.

No. 85-0159.

157 Ill. App.3d 1054 (1987)

510 N.E.2d 1226

ROBERT LIPSEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

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

Opinion filed July 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shelly Waxman, of Chicago, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Jill Wine-Banks, Solicitor General, and Edward M. Kay, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellee Illinois Human Rights Commission.

James D. Montgomery, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Mary K. Rochford and Robert L. Janega, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellee Chicago/Cook County Criminal Justice Commission.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE PINCHAM delivered the opinion of the court:

After plaintiff, Robert Lipsey, was discharged from his employment as an assistant planner with the Chicago/Cook County Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) because of "problems and attitude," he filed a complaint of racial discrimination with the Fair Employment Practice Commission (FEPC), now known as the Human Rights Commission (Commission) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 68, par. 1-101...

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