WAL-MART STORES, INC. v. HUMAN RIGHTS COM'N

No. 2-98-1614.

717 N.E.2d 552 (1999)

307 Ill. App.3d 264

240 Ill.Dec. 459

WAL-MART STORES, INC., Petitioner-Appellant, v. The HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION et al., Respondents-Appellees (The Department of Human Rights, Respondent).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

September 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Liza S. Graham, William J. Holloway, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Illinois Human Rights Commission, Office of General Counsel, James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, Janon E. Fabiano, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, for Human Rights Commission.

Timothy A. Bridge, Wheaton, for Cynthia McQueary.


Justice INGLIS delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an action for direct administrative review of a decision of the Illinois Human Rights Commission (HRC). Respondent, Cynthia McQueary, filed a civil rights complaint against petitioner, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Wal-Mart), alleging that Wal-Mart had discharged her on the basis of her gender in violation of the Illinois Human Rights Act (Act) (775 ILCS 5/1-101 et seq. (West 1996)). Wal-Mart denied that it...

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