Porter v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company

THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ANDRE PORTER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 20 C 4836 v. ) ) Judge Virginia M. Kendall ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD ) COMPANY, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER Illinois Central Railroad Company (“Illinois Central”) is a railroad company with an office in Homewood, Illinois. Andrew Porter was employed there as an assistant supervisor. Upon learning that Porter was secretly recording conversations between two of his coworkers without their knowledge, Illinois Central terminated him. Porter sued Illinois…