Legal Opinion
Dennis Walker v. Abbott Laboratories
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 18, 2003No. 02-1536PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Dennis Walker appeals the district court’s dismissal of his racial discrimination claim against his employer, Abbott Laboratories under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Based on dicta in our decision in Gonzalez v. Ingersoll Milling Mach. Co., 133 F.3d 1025, 1035 (7th Cir.1998), the district court granted Abbott’s motion to dismiss on the ground that at-will employees cannot maintain claims under § 1981. For the reasons stated below, we find that at-will employment relationships are sufficiently contractual to support claims of racial discrimination in promotion and pay under § 1981;…
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