Legal Opinion
Sola v. Illinois Human Rights Comm'n
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 20, 2000No. 1-98-2665 RelPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burke
Petitioner Robert Sola (Sola) appeals from a summary decision of defendant Illinois Human Rights Commission (the Commission) dismissing his complaint against respondent International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), alleging that IBM discriminated against him on the basis of age when it designated him as “surplus” and permanently laid him off 1 in violation of the Illinois Human Rights Act (the Act) (775 ILCS 5/1 — 102 et seq. (West 1998)). This matter is before this court on direct appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 335 (155 Ill. 2d R. 335) and section 3 — 113 of the Administrative…
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