BARR v. BD. OF TRUSTEES OF WESTERN ILL. UNIVERSITY

No. 13-2063.

796 F.3d 837 (2015)

Lisa J. BARR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 12, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Baker , Attorney, Baker, Baker & Krajewski, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

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

Before EASTERBROOK, WILLIAMS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


Lisa Barr was a tenure-track journalism professor at Western Illinois University from the fall of 2007 through the spring semester 2010, when the University declined to retain her for the next academic year. Barr contends that the nonrenewal decision was in retaliation for complaints she made in 2008 about racial discrimination...

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