Constant v. Turris Coal Co.

Section 7 — 104(A) of the Illinois Human Rights Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 68, par. 7—104(A)) permits either a complainant before the Department of Human Rights (Department), or the Department, after a charge has been filed with the Department, to proceed in the circuit court to seek interlocutory injunctive relief pending administrative disposition of the charge pursuant to the Act. Here, plaintiff Darrell N. Constant, Sr., filed such a charge with the Department against his employer, defendant Turris Coal Company, alleging defendant had discriminated against him because of a…