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FOSS v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 86-2435.

817 F.2d 34 (1987)

Richard FOSS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, a municipal corporation, Louis Galante, City of Chicago Fire Commissioner, and Charles Pounian, Commissioner of Personnel, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 20, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miriam N. Geraghty, Kinoy, Taren, Geraghty & Potter, P.C., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Lynn K. Mitchell, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill. (Judson H. Miner, Acting Corp. Counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff was a Chicago firefighter until 1985 when the City terminated his employment after he suffered a loss of consciousness on the job. He subsequently brought suit in federal court alleging that his termination was in violation of § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794, and the nondiscrimination provisions of the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act, 31 U.S.C. § 6716. The district court dismissed...

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