SIMPLE v. WALGREEN CO.

No. 06-3990.

511 F.3d 668 (2007)

Eric D. SIMPLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WALGREEN COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 26, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nile J. Williamson (argued), Peoria, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

L. Lee Smith (argued), Hinshaw & Culbertson, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant in this suit for racial discrimination in employment in violation of Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and the plaintiff appeals. He had been hired by Walgreen in 1995, initially as a management trainee. Four years later he was promoted to assistant store manager and two years after that he was offered the job of manager of a Walgreens store in Kankakee, Illinois. He declined...

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