Legal Opinion
Patterson v. INDIANA NEWSPAPERS, INCORPORATED
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 8, 2009No. 08-2050PublishedCited by 178 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Lisa Coffey and James Patterson are former editorial writers at The Indianapolis Star who left the newspaper in 2003 and 2005, respectively. They departed under very different circumstances, but both claim they were victims of employment discrimination on the basis of their religion — more specifically, discrimination because they are Christians who believe that homosexual conduct is sinful. Patterson also claims the Star discriminated against him because of his race (African-American) and age (he was 51 when he was fired), and retaliated against him for filing a…
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