Legal Opinion
Tamayo v. Blagojevich
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 27, 2008No. 07-2975PublishedCited by 1,602 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Jeannette Tamayo brought this action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.; the Equal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C. § 206 et seq.; and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court dismissed her complaint for failure to state a claim. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). Ms. Tamayo timely appealed. For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we affirm in part and reverse in part the judgment of the district court.
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BACKGROUND
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Because this case comes to us after the district court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim, we must take as…
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