Legal Opinion
Joseph L. Simmons v. Chicago Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 10, 2002No. 00-4261PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Joseph Simmons became the first African-American treasurer of the Chicago Board of Education in October 1995, shortly after his unsuccessful run for city aider-man. Less than nine months later he was demoted. He sued the Board claiming that his demotion was illegally based on his race and political activities. The Board counters that it terminated Simmons essentially for micromanaging his office, in direct contravention of the orders of his supervisor. The district court found that Simmons had produced no evidence that the Board’s stated reason was pretextual and…
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