Legal Opinion
Annete M. Allen, Shelley S. Burnette, Rahpre Newberry, and Earnest Leonard v. Chicago Transit Authority
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 7, 2003No. 01-2101PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Four black employees of the Chicago Transit Authority charge racial discrimination (two of the plaintiffs also charge retaliation for complaining about discrimination) by their employer in violation of Title VII and related statutes. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendant.
We begin with the two women, Allen and Burnette, personnel specialists who sought promotion to managerial positions in their department and were passed over in favor first of a white man named Lebrón in 1995 and two years later in favor of another white man, named Reilly, who had…
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