Legal Opinion
Margaret H. Wright v. Illinois Department of Children & Family Services
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 21, 1994No. 93-3359PublishedCited by 204 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Margaret Wright, a social worker employed by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (“DCFS” or “the Department”), sued the Department and thirteen individual administrators, alleging that various disciplinary actions taken against her and ordered by the defendants violated federal and state law. 1 The district court addressed Wright’s various charges in a series of orders, eventually dismissing a number of state law claims (alleging intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, defamation, and violations of the Illinois Whistle Blower…
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3Cited by204 opinions
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