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WATSON v. HENDERSON

No. 98-3955.

222 F.3d 320 (2000)

Cecil W. WATSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William J. HENDERSON, Postmaster General of the United States, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 24, 2000

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Jarvis, Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, WI, Cecil W. Watson, Bolingbrook, IL, Richard L. Horn (argued), Quarles & Brady, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Young Kim (argued), Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Thomas P. Walsh, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Civil Division, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.

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

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

A decade ago Cecil Watson applied for a managerial position at a post office. He was turned down, and in 1993 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission concluded that his race influenced the adverse decision. The EEOC required the Postal Service to promote Watson and restore salary and benefits lost during the interim. (When the Postal Service is the employer, the EEOC has the authority to make decisions that become final unless contested...

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