Legal Opinion
Watters v. Harrah's Illinois Corp.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 14, 1998No. 97 C 8968PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ALESIA, District Judge.
Before the court is defendant Harrah’s Illinois Corporation’s motion to dismiss Count III of plaintiff Peggy Watters’ complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). For the following reasons, the court grants defendant’s motion.
I. BACKGROUND
The complaint alleges the following facts which, for the purposes of ruling on this motion, are taken as true. Hishon v. King & Spalding, 467 U.S. 69, 73, 104 S.Ct. 2229, 81 L.Ed.2d 59 (1984). On July 6, 1996, plaintiff Peggy Watters (‘Watters”) was working as a crew member for the…
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- Vaughan v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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