SALVATO v. ILLINOIS DEPT. OF HUMAN RIGHTS

No. 97-2931.

155 F.3d 922 (1998)

Steve SALVATO and James Duffy, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS and Illinois Department of Central Management Services, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 17, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robin B. Potter (argued), Potter & Schaffner, Chicago, IL, Michael P. Latz, North Riverside, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jan E. Hughes (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before CUDAHY, EASTERBROOK, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

The Roman scholar Juvenal once asked "quis custodiet ipsos custodes" — roughly translated, "who will guard the guardians"? That must have been what Steve Salvato and James Duffy wondered, when they lost their jobs as Human Rights Specialists at the Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR) in the midst of a budget-driven reduction in force. (IDHR is the state agency mandated to enforce and monitor compliance with the anti...

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