Legal Opinion
Dockter v. Rudolf Wolff Futures, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 25, 1988No. 86 C 4236PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BRIAN BARNETT DUFF, District Judge.
This Title VII case involves the hiring and eventual firing of plaintiff Betty Dock-ter (“Plaintiff”) by defendant Rudolf Wolff Futures, Inc. (“Wolff”). Plaintiff claims that she was harassed and ultimately fired because she was a female employee who refused to acquiesce to the sexual advances of Wolff employee James G. (“James”). She seeks relief pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (“Title VII”) as well as Illinois state law. This court has jurisdiction pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(f)(3) and…
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