LEONARD v. EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

No. 09-2443.

606 F.3d 428 (2010)

Robert LEONARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 26, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Craig L. Unrath, Bradford B. Ingram, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BAUER, EVANS, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


TINDER, Circuit Judge.

Robert Leonard, a Native American, worked at Eastern Illinois University ("EIU") for nearly twenty years, during which time EIU passed him over for several promotions. Believing that the most recent denied promotion was motivated by anti-Native American bias, Leonard sued EIU under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-1-2000e-17. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of EIU, and in Leonard's...

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