Legal Opinion
Lorain Tolliver v. Northrop Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 14, 1986No. 85-1131PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
The Northrop Defense System Division of Northrop Corp. fired Lorain Tolliver. She responded with this suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., charging that Northrop fired her because of her race. The EEOC found “[n]o reasonable cause ... to believe that the allegations made in [the] charge are true” but issued a right-to-sue letter, as Title VII requires. The court appointed a lawyer for Tolliver. This lawyer quit or was let go because of irreconcilable differences about the merit of the suit and the strategy for prosecuting…
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