Legal Opinion
Elizabeth Hoppe v. Lewis University
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 31, 2012No. 11-3358PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Elizabeth Hoppe is a tenured professor in the Philosophy Department at Lewis University. She lost the privilege of teaching aviation ethics after the new chair of the Aviation Department, William Brogan, deemed her unqualified for the position because she had no formal training in aviation, she had never worked in the industry, and she had not obtained any degrees or certifications relevant to the field. During the two years before her removal from the aviation ethics course, Hoppe filed a series of charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, requesting…
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