Pamela Ludwig v. C & a Wallcoverings, Incorporated, an Ohio Corporation D/B/A Kinney Wallcoverings

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

The question raised on this appeal is whether an employee can maintain an action for retaliatory discharge under Illinois law when she alleges that she was merely demoted — rather than terminated — from her former position. On a motion for summary judgment, the district court ruled that such a claim was not actionable in Illinois. 750 F.Supp. 339. We affirm.

From September 1988 until March 1989, Pamela Ludwig was employed as administrative assistant to the manager of the Kinney Wallcoverings branch office in Hillside, Illinois. 1 In mid-March 1989, Ludwig contacted…