Legal Opinion
John T. Russell v. Acme-Evans Company, Adm Milling Company, and Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 19, 1995No. 15-2223PublishedCited by 478 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
In 1975 the plaintiff in this Title. VII suit, John Russell, was hired as a laborer by the principal defendant, Aeme-Evans Company, which owns a grain elevator in Indianapolis. The elevator is used both to store wheat and to manufacture it into flour. Russell (who still works in the grain elevator) became a “mill sweeper” in 1977.' The job involved keeping the floor of the elevator clean. He liked the job. It gave him the run of the plant, and is considered light work. The mill sweeper does not just use a broom; he uses a machine — we suppose some grand elaboration of a…
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