Legal Opinion
Village of Oak Lawn v. Illinois Human Rights Commission
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 16, 1985No. 84-1280PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI
delivered the opinion of the court:
On September 22, 1978, the plaintiff, Judith Walsh, filed a complaint alleging employment discrimination with the Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission (Commission), now known as the Human Rights Commission. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 68, par. 1 — 101 et seq. (Human Rights Act, hereinafter the Act).) The complaint charged the village of Oak Lawn with handicap discrimination under the Act for the village’s refusal to hire Walsh as an Oak Lawn police officer.
The hearing was held before the administrative law judge, who found in…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- United States Postal Service Board of Governors v. AikensSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Board of Trustees of Keene State College v. SweeneySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Joslyn N. Williams v. Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of the Library of CongressCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by25 opinions
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