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COCO v. ELMWOOD CARE, INC.

No. 97-1697.

128 F.3d 1177 (1997)

Ludwig A. COCO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ELMWOOD CARE, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 10, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Coco, John J. Franczyk, Jr. (argued), Des Plaines, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Davi L. Hirsch (argued), Fox & Grove, Chicago, IL, Mark J. Bereyso, Judith S. Sherwin, Levenfeld, Eisenberg, Janger, Glassberg & Samothy, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and ESCHBACH and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

The district judge granted summary judgment for the defendant in a discrimination case on the ground that the plaintiff had failed to prove that he was meeting the legitimate expectations of his employer when he was fired. We think this is right, but our main point in writing is to emphasize the importance of the "legitimate expectations" element in the ubiquitous burden-shifting formula of McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green,

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