Legal Opinion
General Parker v. Scheck Mechanical, Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 1, 2014No. 13-3693PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff General Parker, an African American, alleges that he was fired from his job because of his race and in retaliation for complaints of racial.discrimination. He filed suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a), and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. His suit never got off the ground because the district court thought that Parker was confused about which of two related companies — Scheck Mechanical Corporation or Scheck Industrial Corporation — employed him. The court reasoned that Parker had sued the wrong Scheck company and thus, at summary…
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