Lee v. Human Rights Commission

Plaintiff Peter Lee filed a charge of handicap discrimination with the Fair Employment Practices Commission (the Commission) on June 2, 1980. On June 30, 1981, the Commission filed a complaint against defendant, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), on plaintiffs behalf. Defendant filed a motion to dismiss alleging, inter alia, that plaintiff’s charge was untimely filed and that, therefore, the Commission lacked jurisdiction to hear plaintiff’s claim. The administrative law judge (ALJ) of the Illinois Human Rights Commission (successor to the Fair Employment Practices Commission) granted…