WASHINGTON v. LAKE COUNTY, ILL.

No. 91-1819.

969 F.2d 250 (1992)

Eddie WASHINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, Lake County Sheriff's Department, and Lt. Harry Frossard, Individually and as an Agent of Lake County, Illinois and of the Lake County Sheriff's Department, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 10, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel S. Siegel, David R. Shannon (argued), Arvey, Hodes, Costello & Burman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Daniel P. Field (argued), Alan M. Kaplan, Brydges, Riseborough, Morris, Franke & Miller, Waukegan, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge, WOOD, Jr. and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judges.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Eddie Washington, an African-American, was fired in 1987 from his position as a jailer at the Lake County Sheriff's Department ("the Department"), allegedly in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as well as 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983. The district court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment, holding that even if Washington was fired on account of his race, he is entitled to no relief because...

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