Legal Opinion
James Phelan v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 21, 2003No. 02-3862PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff James Phelan brought suit after being dismissed from his position of “ward superintendent” by the City of Chicago. Phelan claimed that the City 1) violated the Due Process Clause, 2) breached the Family and Medical Leave Act, and 3) violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The district court granted the City’s motion to dismiss Phelan’s first two causes of action and disposed of the third on summary judgment. Phelan appeals. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Phelan was employed in two separate positions by the City of Chicago. In 1992 he was hired by the City as a…
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