OVERTON v. REILLY

No. 91-3186.

977 F.2d 1190 (1992)

Edward B. OVERTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William K. REILLY, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, and United States Environmental Protection Agency, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 22, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Schroeder, Vincent J. Connelly, Kathleen Gorr (argued), Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Linda A. Wawzenski, Asst. U.S. Atty., Madeleine S. Murphy, Asst. States Atty., Fred Foreman, U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Atty., Criminal Div., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUDAHY and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Edward Overton brought a claim against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under sections 501 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. §§ 791 & 794 et seq. (1988). Overton claims that the EPA fired him because of his handicap. The district court granted summary judgment for the EPA, and we reverse.

I.

We review a grant of summary judgment de novo, and must take the...

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