Bennett v. Tucker

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRIAN BARNETT DUFF, District Judge.

In a series of three separate rulings, the Illinois Supreme Court held that anyone who had filed a complaint against an employer with the Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission prior to September 16, 1978, and whose charge had not been processed by the FEPC within 180 days, lost his right to have his case pursued by the FEPC because the expiration of the 180-day period served as a jurisdictional bar to the FEPC's power. See Illinois Fair Employment Practices Act, Ill.Rev.Stat. 1977 ch. 48, § 858.01(a); Springfield-Sangamon County…