Gloria Fields v. Board of Education of the City

Gloria Fields, a 63-year-old African-American woman, retired in 2016 from her job as a teacher with Chicago Public Schools. She sued the Board of Education and the principal of the school where she worked, alleging that they discriminated against her because of her race and age and retaliated against her for filing this lawsuit, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 - 34. The district court entered summary judgment for the defendants on all Fields's claims, concluding that Fields did not suffer an adverse employment action. We agree.

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