Legal Opinion
Brown v. Reliable Sheet Metal Works, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 18, 1988No. 87-2066PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Chief Judge.
Deanna L. Brown filed a Title VII sex-discrimination action in the district court on August 11, 1986. The court dismissed the suit as untimely. We affirm.
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While employed by Reliable Sheet Metal Works, Inc. at Commonwealth Edison’s Byron Nuclear Power Plant, Brown claims that she was subjected to numerous sexual advances by her supervisor, Russell Irish. Brown alleges that Irish fired her after she rejected his unwelcome advances and threatened to report such conduct to his superiors. Reliable was a sheet-metal contractor at Edison’s Byron Plant during its construction.
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2Cases cited19 opinions
- Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Baldwin County Welcome Center v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Franks v. Bowman Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Thomas FLAHERTY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Colleen Donnelly, Cross-Appellant v. Yellow Freight System, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Morales-Vallellanes v. United States PostalCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
- Brewer v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIV. OF ILL.District Court, C.D. Illinois · 2005
- Brown-Seydel v. MehtaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1996
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