Legal Opinion
Constance Nelson, and Willola M. Garner v. City Colleges of Chicago, an Illinois Community College District
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 13, 1992No. 91-1920, 91-1921PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Constance Nelson and Willola Garner brought these actions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e, et seq., alleging that their former employer, the City Colleges of Chicago, terminated their employment on the basis of race. After counsel for Nelson and Garner failed to respond to the City Colleges’ summary judgment motion which had been pending for ten months, the district court granted the motion. In this appeal, we must decide whether the district court acted within its discretion when it denied Nelson and Garner’s motion pursuant to Rule…
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