FREEMAN UN. COAL MINING CO. v. HUM. RGTS. COMM'N

No. 5-87-0290.

173 Ill. App.3d 965 (1988)

527 N.E.2d 1289

FREEMAN UNITED COAL MINING COMPANY, Petitioner, v. THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION et al., Respondents.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed August 9, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. Elledge and Kathryn S. Mueller, both of Gould & Ratner, of Chicago, for petitioner.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Shawn W. Denney, Solicitor General, and Respicio F. Vazquez, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for respondent Human Rights Commission.

John W. Huffman and Don E. Prosser, both of Gilbert, Kimmel, Huffman & Prosser, Ltd., of Carbondale, for respondent Sotero Agoot.


Order reversed.

JUSTICE WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, Freeman United Coal Mining Company (hereinafter Freeman), appeals from a decision of the Human Rights Commission finding that complainant, Sotero Agoot, had established a prima facie case of national origin discrimination and that Freeman's articulated nondiscriminatory reason for terminating Agoot's employment was pretextual...

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