FREEMAN v. METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DIST.

No. 18-3737.

927 F.3d 961 (2019)

Shaka FREEMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 14, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shaka Freeman, Chicago, IL, pro se.

Susan Morakalis , Attorney, METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Easterbrook and Rovner, Circuit Judges.


Shaka Freeman, an African-American man who suffers from alcoholism, sued the Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, his former employer, for firing him because of his race and disability. The district court dismissed his complaint for failure to state a claim. See FED. R. CIV. P. 12(b)(6). We conclude, however, that Freeman has pleaded...

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