Legal Opinion
Board of Education, Downers Grove School District No. 99 v. Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 7, 1979No. 78-312PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Seidenfeld
The Fair Employment Practices Commission of the State of Illinois (FEPC) decided that the Board of Education, Downers Grove School District No. 99 (the Board), had discriminated against Ms. Nadja Nadea Ballinger (the complainant) on the basis of sex (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 48, par. 853(a)) in refusing to hire her for a radio and television teaching position at Downers Grove South High School. The circuit court reversed. The FEPC appeals, contending that its decision was not against the manifest weight of the evidence and should have been upheld.
The complainant had been employed since 1971…
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