Legal Opinion
Hicks v. FOREST PRESERVE DIST. OF COOK COUNTY, IL
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 18, 2012No. 11-1124PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Dwaine K. Hicks worked as a mechanic for two years at the Forest Preserve District (the “FPD”) of Cook County’s Central Garage, where he primarily repaired trucks. During his time there, he received twenty-eight disciplinary action forms from his supervisor. Hicks, who is black, participated in an investigation of discrimination leveled against his supervisor, and later filed his own discrimination complaint against the supervisor. Eventually the FPD offered Hicks a choice: either accept a demotion to a non-mechanic position and take a significant pay cut, or face…
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