Legal Opinion
Cooksey v. Board of Education
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 19, 2014No. 12-cv-7180PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
JOAN HUMPHREY LEFKOW, United States District Judge
Velma Cooksey filed a two-count complaint against the Board of Education of the City of Chicago (“CPS”) alleging age discrimination and retaliation while employed as principal of Wadsworth School (“Wadsworth”), in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“the ADEA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq. CPS has moved for summary judgment.1 For the following reasons, CPS’s motion is granted.
LEGAL STANDARD
Summary judgment obviates the need for a trial where there is no genuine issue as…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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