PHELPS v. HUMAN RIGHTS COMM'N

No. 4-88-0571.

185 Ill. App.3d 96 (1989)

540 N.E.2d 1147

DIANA PHELPS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION et al., Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed June 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diana N. Cherry, of Metnick & Barewin, of Springfield, for petitioner.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Robert J. Ruiz, Solicitor General, and William H. London, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for respondents.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Section 7-102(A) of the Illinois Human Rights Act (Act) states that a person seeking relief from a civil rights violation shall file "a charge in writing under oath or affirmation" (emphasis added) with the Department of Human Rights "[w]ithin 180 days after the date" of the alleged commission of the violation. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985...

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