EMMEL v. COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. OF CHICAGO

No. 95-3558.

95 F.3d 627 (1996)

Karen M. EMMEL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF CHICAGO, also known as Hondo, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest T. Rossiello, Margaret A. Zuleger (argued), Rossiello & Associates, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Bradford L. Livingston (argued), Thomas J. Piskorski, Robert A. Kearney, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Danuta B. Panich, Marcia E. Goodman, Marian C. Haney, Eric Dreiband, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant.

Before ESCHBACH, MANION, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

In 1992 the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Chicago ("Coca-Cola") promoted five men into newly created upper-management positions. Because she was not one of those promoted, Karen Emmel filed a Title VII sexual discrimination complaint. Emmel was then passed over for another set of upper-management positions and filed a second complaint. These two complaints eventually reached a district court jury which ruled that Coca-Cola had violated Emmel...

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