RUSS BERRIE & CO., INC. v. HUMAN RIGHTS COM'N

No. 2-91-0258.

586 N.E.2d 1301 (1992)

224 Ill. App.3d 874

167 Ill.Dec. 29

RUSS BERRIE AND COMPANY, INC., Appellant, v. The HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION et al., Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Mark A. Casciari, Patricia J. Hruby, Richard M. Lyon, Chicago, for Russ Berrie & Co., Inc.

Potter & Schaffner, Mark S. Schaffner (argued and on the brief), Chicago, for Louis Carr, Jr.

Office of the General Counsel, Kent Sezer, Gen. Counsel, Ill. Human Rights Com'n, Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Alison E. O'Hara (argued), Asst. Atty. Gen., Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Sol. Gen., Chicago, for Illinois HRC.


Justice INGLIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, Russ Berrie and Company, Inc. (Berrie), appeals from an order of respondent, the Illinois Human Rights Commission (Commission), entered on October 2, 1990. The appeal is pursuant to section 8-111 of the Illinois Human Rights Act (Act) (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 68, par. 8-111(A)(1)). The Commission affirmed the decision of the administrative law judge (ALJ) finding that Berrie racially discriminated against...

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