OPP v. OFFICE OF STATE'S ATTORNEY OF COOK COUNTY

Nos. 09-3714, 09-3923, 10-1060.

630 F.3d 616 (2010)

Christine A. OPP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OFFICE OF the STATE'S ATTORNEY OF COOK COUNTY, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Edward J. Barrett, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Cook County State's Attorney Office, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Leonard Cahnmann, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard A. Devine, individually and in his official capacity as State's Attorney of Cook County, Illinois, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 29, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian R. Holman (argued), Attorney, Holman & Stefanowicz, Susan Bogart (argued), Attorney, Law Offices of Susan Bogart, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Karen J. Dimond (argued), Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr. , Attorneys, Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER, SYKES and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

The appellants, former Assistant State's Attorneys to the Cook County State's Attorney, each brought an action claiming unlawful employment termination in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634 ("ADEA"). The district court granted the defendant-appellees' motions to dismiss ruling that the plaintiff-appellants were excluded from the ADEA's coverage because they held policymaking positions as a matter...

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