Legal Opinion
Bass v. Joliet Public School District No. 86
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 26, 2014No. 13-1742PublishedCited by 162 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Chief Judge.
For 10 years, Corina Bass worked as a custodian for Joliet Public School District No. 86. She lost her job in 2011. Believing that she was the victim of sex discrimination, she brought this action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. The district court granted summary judgment in the District’s favor, and Bass now appeals. We have taken a fresh look at the record (so-called de novo review), but we conclude that the district court was correct: there are no genuine issues of material fact, and the District is entitled to judgment as a…
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