Legal Opinion
Laouini v. CLM Freight Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 20, 2009No. 08-3721PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
The sole issue on appeal in this employment-discrimination lawsuit is whether the defendant, CLM Freight Lines (“CLM”), met its burden at summary judgment of proving that the plaintiff, Moncef Laouini, did not timely file a charge of discrimination with the EEOC. The agency’s Indianapolis office accepts administrative charges of discrimination by fax, and plaintiffs counsel insists that he faxed Laouini’s charge during business hours on the final day for timely filing. A transmission record from counsel’s fax machine confirms that he successfully faxed some document to…
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