Legal Opinion
Jackson v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 13, 2009No. 07-3772PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
George Jackson contends that the City of Chicago discriminated against him by denying him two promotions he sought in 2004. The district court granted summary judgment for the City and Jackson appeals.
Jackson, an African-American man in his fifties, began his employment with the City of Chicago in 1987 as a carpenter in the Public Works Department. Since August 2003 he has been a foreman of carpenters in the Department of Transportation. In 2004, the City posted an announcement for two positions as general foreman of general trades — one in the Department of…
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