Legal Opinion
Suriya H. Smiley v. Columbia College Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 30, 2013No. 10-3747PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
After receiving a complaint from a student concerning one of its part-time instructors, Columbia College Chicago faculty members and administrators interviewed the student on several occasions and also intérviewed the faculty member. The school ultimately informed the faculty member, Suriya Smiley, that it would not ask her to teach further classes. Smiley contends the school’s decision was based on her race or national origin. Although she maintains that other instructors outside her protected class were treated more favorably, the investigations of other instructors…
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