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CLER v. ILLINOIS EDUC. ASS'N

No. 04-3193.

423 F.3d 726 (2005)

Barbara CLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, National Education Association, IEA Unified Legal Services Plan, and Kate Frank/DuShane Unified Legal Services Program, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 9, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Stevens (argued), Heller, Holmes & Associates, Mattoon, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ralph H. Loewenstein (argued), Loewenstein, Hagen, Oehlert & Smith, Springfield, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before ROVNER, WILLIAMS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

When Barbara Cler was terminated from her job as a schoolteacher, she asked her union's legal services plan to provide her with an attorney for purposes of pursuing an employment action against her former employer. When the union refused her request, Cler hired an attorney at her own expense and was ultimately successful in her case. In the present action, Cler contends that the defendants wrongfully denied her request for legal services and...

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