Legal Opinion
Long v. TEACHERS'RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 23, 2009No. 08-3094PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENDALL, District Judge.
Julie Stephens Long’s employment with the Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois (“TRS”) came to an end on February 3, 2006. While TRS maintains that it fired her for poor performance, Long believes that she was fired in retaliation for taking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”). The district court granted summary judgment in favor of TRS, which Long now appeals. For the following reasons, we affirm.
I. Background
TRS administers the pension plan that provides monthly retirement benefits to approximately 82,000 retired teachers throughout…
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