Liddell v. State

Claimant, Phyllis Liddell, seeks from the Respondent a sum of $1,289.34 in damages as a result of the refusal of the State of Illinois to hire the Claimant as a corrections officer , at Jubilee Lodge, a male correctional institution located near Peoria, Illinois, for the sole reason, as determined by the Fair Employment Practices Commission (F.E.P.C.), that she was a female. The F.E.P.C. found that the State was not justified in hiring males exclusively inasmuch as there were openings whose functions could be fulfilled by female correctional officers as well as male correctional officers,…