WASHINGTON v. ILLINOIS DEPT. OF REVENUE

No. 03-3818.

420 F.3d 658 (2005)

Chrissie WASHINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 22, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Baker (argued), Baker, Baker & Krajewski, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Nadine J. Wichern (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, ROVNER, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Between 1984 and 2000, Chrissie Washington worked from 7 a.m. until 3 p.m. instead of the standard 9-to-5 schedule at the Illinois Department of Revenue. The earlier hours allowed her to care for her son, who has Down syndrome, when he arrived home. By 1995 Washington had been promoted to Executive Secretary I. Over the next few years some of her duties were reassigned to others. Believing that this was the result of race discrimination...

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