BENNETT v. JETT

No. 89-3162.

956 F.2d 138 (1992)

Roy BENNETT and Wanda Cunningham, as representatives for the estate of Hattie Cunningham, on their own behalf and on behalf of all those similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Helen R. JETT, individually and in her capacity as Director of the Illinois Department of Human Rights, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 4, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall D. Schmidt, Gary H. Palm, Jack M. Beermann, Lou Irish, Johnathan K. Baum, Alvin Dodek, Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, Chicago, Ill., Tamir W. Rosenblum (argued), Cohen, Weiss & Simon, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jeffrey W. Finke (argued) Asst. Atty. Gen., Frona C. Daska, Office of Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Charles C. Jackson, Jeffrey S. Heller, Mark A. Weintraub, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fair-weather & Geraldson, Chicago, Ill., for amicus curiae.

Before CUMMINGS and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and SNEED, Senior Circuit Judge.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

This matter comes before us for the second time. In our earlier disposition of this case, we reversed the district court's entry of summary judgment in favor of the defendant, and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with that opinion. Bennett v. Tucker, 827 F.2d 63, 73 (7th Cir.1987). On remand, the district court again entered summary judgment in favor of the defendant on the grounds...

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