Legal Opinion
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. State of Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 1, 1995No. 94-3966PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought this suit seven years ago against the State of Illinois, alleging a violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and obtained a judgment of several hundred thousand dollars on behalf of two public school teachers. The state has appealed. It is a curious suit. The teachers were not employed by the state, but by local school districts.
Here is how the suit arose. Originally, the age discrimination law protected only employees under the age of 70. The age-70 lid was taken off by amendment effective January 1, 1987,…
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- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. WyomingSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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