HUMAN RIGHTS COM'N v. ROCKFORD TP. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT

No. 2-90-0786.

572 N.E.2d 304 (1991)

213 Ill. App.3d 769

157 Ill.Dec. 235

The HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION and Harold Fuzzell, Petitioners-Appellees, v. The ROCKFORD TOWNSHIP HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, Respondent-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied June 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Alexander, Gary C. Flanders, Alexander & Cicero, P.C., Rockford, for Rockford Tp. Highway Dept.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Eve Moran (argued), Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert J. Ruiz, Sol. Gen., Chicago, for Human Rights Com'n.

Michael K. Havrilesko, Havrilesko & Associates, Rockford, for Harold Fuzzell.


Justice DUNN delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, Rockford Township Highway Department (Department), appeals from an order of the Illinois Human Rights Commission (Commission), finding that it committed a civil rights violation by refusing to hire claimant, Harold Fuzzell, as a road maintenance worker because of his race in violation of section 2-102(A) of the Illinois Human Rights Act (Act) (Ill.Rev. Stat.1989, ch. 68, par. 2-102(A)). Respondent contends...

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