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BOADEN v. DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

No. 78343.

664 N.E.2d 61 (1996)

171 Ill.2d 230

215 Ill.Dec. 664

Jim BOADEN et al., Appellants, v. The DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

March 21, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leahy Law Offices, Springfield (Mary Lee Leahy and Cheryl Redfield Jansen, of counsel), for appellants.

Robert V. Ogren of Stratton, Dobbs & Nardulli, Springfield, for appellee Department of Law Enforcement, State Police.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield (Rosalyn B. Kaplan and Barbara A. Preiner, Solicitors General, and John P. Schmidt, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, of counsel), for appellee Illinois Human Rights Commission.

Kim L. Kirn, Springfield, for amicus curiae Women Employed and the National Employment Lawyers Association.

Justice NICKELS delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal, we decide whether unlawful discrimination based on "marital status" under the Illinois Human Rights Act (775 ILCS 5/1-101 et seq. (West 1992)) includes no-spouse policies in the workplace. Petitioners, Jim and Colleen Boaden (Jim and Colleen), are employed as Illinois State Police troopers. Jim and Colleen are employed by respondents, the Illinois Department of Law Enforcement, State Police...

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