Legal Opinion

Loretta M. Emerson, Formerly Known as Loretta M. Rubenzer v. Northern States Power Company

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided June 26, 2001No. 00-3746PublishedCited by 60 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Loretta Emerson 1 sued her former employer, Northern States Power Company (“NSP”) for firing her in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of NSP on the ground that Emerson was not a qualified individual. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Emerson began working in NSP’s Eau Claire Customer Information Center in 1994. She began as a part-time “student operator,” but was promoted to a parttime “associate consultant” position within six months. Despite the part-time classification, Emerson…

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