Legal Opinion
Armando Villa v. City of Chicago, Jane Byrne and Carol Witherell-Niec
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 8, 1991No. 89-1199PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
This employment discrimination case involves a photographer, a mayor, and a queen. Plaintiff-appellant Armando Villa was hired as a staff photographer for the City of Chicago after he asked for a job from former Mayor Jane Byrne’s husband, Jay McMullen. Villa was given a job in the Graphics and Reproduction Center (GRC) where he photographed city functions during the day and filled in for the Mayor’s personal photographer on weekends and evenings.
From the start Villa had problems in the position. He attended and photographed events to which he was not assigned. He took…
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