A. P. Green Services Division of Bigelow-Leptak Corp. v. Fair Employment Practices Commission

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ADESKO

delivered the opinion of the court:

The appeal in this case arises from the Circuit Court of Cook County’s affirmance of a decision of the Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission. The defendants-appellees, Waters and King, who are black bricklayers, filed charges against the plaintiff alleging that it had committed an unfair employment practice by refusing to hire them because of their race. The complainants alleged that after they were denied employment white bricklayers were hired by the plaintiff. On May 17, 1972, a hearing was held before the Fair…