TAYLOR v. WAYS

No. 20-1410, No. 20-1411.

999 F.3d 478 (2021)

Percy TAYLOR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph WAYS and Zelda Whittler, Defendants-Appellants. Percy Taylor, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gregory Ernst, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 2, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Vincent Bustamante , Attorney, Law Office of Peter V. Bustamante, Chicago, IL, Richard Forest Linden , Attorney, Law Offices of Richard Linden, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Vincent M. Rizzo , Attorney, Gretchen Harris, Sperry, Attorney, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before Flaum, Kanne, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiff Percy Taylor was fired from his job as a police officer with the Cook County Sheriff's Office. Taylor contends it was because of his race. He has sued the Sheriff's Office under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and defendants Joseph Ways, Zelda Whittler, and Gregory Ernst under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for...

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