Robin J. Bean v. Wisconsin Bell, Inc.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Robin Bean, who is black, was employed as a customer-service representative by the defendant phone company and sues under Title VII, complaining that she was suspended, and later terminated, because of her race. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the company both on Bean’s claim and on the company’s counterclaim, which was for breach of contract under Wisconsin law. The company claimed that by resigning, Bean had forfeited a $14,500 payment that the company had given her when she relocated from its Milwaukee to its Appleton office.

The facts,…