Legal Opinion
Lisa Barr v. Board of Trustees of Western
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 12, 2015No. 13-2063PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Lisa Barr was a tenure-track journalism professor at Western Illinois University from the fall of 2007 through the spring semester 2010, when the University declined to retain her for the next academic year. Barr contends that the nonrenewal decision was in retaliation for complaints she made in 2008 about racial discrimination at the school. In March 2010 she sued the University alleging retaliation in violation of Title VII. Service of this suit was never perfected, however.
A few months later, in June 2010, Barr filed a second law-suit — this time against the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Allen v. McCurrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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- Tamera Herrmann v. Cencom Cable Associates, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Robert B. LEE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF PEORIA, Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
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