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ILHARDT v. SARA LEE CORP.

No. 96-3459.

118 F.3d 1151 (1997)

Lora S. ILHARDT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SARA LEE CORPORATION, a Maryland Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 26, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Sternberg (argued), Michael J. Condron, Pedersen & Houpt, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Gerald C. Peterson (argued), Cheryl R. Tama, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before WOOD, Jr., COFFEY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

In June of 1994, Sara Lee Corporation implemented a corporation-wide reduction-in-force (RIF) affecting personnel from every department. At that time, Lora Ilhardt, an in-house attorney, differed from her law department colleagues in only two respects: she worked part-time and she was pregnant. When pressured by Sara Lee's president to reduce the size of the department, Ilhardt's supervisors, although extremely satisfied with her...

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