Legal Opinion
Janice Draper v. Timothy Martin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 30, 2011No. 10-2837, 10-3054PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
In two separate suits, a total of four former Illinois Department of Transporta tion (“IDOT”) employees alleged they were wrongfully terminated because of their political beliefs and party affiliation. In each case, the district court granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the ground that Illinois’s two-year statute of limitations barred the plaintiffs’ claims. We affirm.
I.Background
The state of Illinois faced serious budgetary challenges near the end of fiscal-year 2004. To address the projected budget shortfall, the drafters of the 2005 budget sought to…
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