JOHNSON v. AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PUBLISHERS

No. 96-3247.

108 F.3d 818 (1997)

Robert JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PUBLISHERS, INC., doing business as Apland & Associates, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Johnson, Chicago, IL, pro se.

Joan E. Gale, Noah A. Finkel, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, IL, for American Chamber of Commerce of Publishers, Inc. and Scott Apland.

Charles A. Packard, Jeffrey S. Torosian, Nisen & Elliott, Chicago, IL, for Dunhill Temporary Systems of Chicago, Inc.

Before CUMMINGS, EASTERBROOK, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Robert Johnson, who is missing 18 teeth, wants to be a telemarketer. Dunhill Temporary Systems of Chicago sent Johnson to Apland & Associates for a trial. After three days of training, during which Johnson received generally positive evaluations, Apland let him go. It told Dunhill that Johnson mumbled on the phone and was not a "good match" for the job. Johnson believes that the trainers' positive evaluations were honest, and the firm...

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