Legal Opinion
Dr. Marjorie Reiley Maguire v. Marquette University
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 20, 1987No. 86-1412PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Between 1976 and 1984 the plaintiff, who holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., repeatedly applied for and was each time denied a position as an associate professor of theology at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1984 the plaintiff brought suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 alleging that Marquette had refused to hire her because she is a woman. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a)(1).
Marquette University was founded in 1881 under the auspices of the Society of Jesus, a religious order…
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