Allen v. Chicago Transit Authority

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CONLON, District Judge.

Introduction

Before the court are four summary judgment motions filed by defendant Chicago Transit Authority (“CTA”) to dispose of all remaining claims asserted by four African-American CTA employees who claim they were victims of racial discrimination. 1 To conserve judicial resources and avoid responding in kind to the parties’ excessive proliferation of paper, the court consolidates its rulings on all four motions.

Preliminarily, the court notes that the decisional process is unduly burdened by the parties’ disregard of Local Rule 56.1. The…