Legal Opinion
Powell v. City of Chicago Human Rights Commission
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 17, 2009No. 1-08-0752PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE KARNEZIS
delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiff Christiana M. Powell filed an employment discrimination complaint with the City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations (the commission). She alleged her former employer, the Chicago Transit Authority (the CTA), and department manager, Omar Colon (Colon), discriminated against her on the basis of her sexual orientation in violation of the City of Chicago Human Rights Ordinance (ordinance) of the Chicago Municipal Code (Chicago Municipal Code §2 — 160—010 et seq. (2006)). The commission dismissed her complaint for lack of…
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