Legal Opinion
Lora S. Ilhardt v. Sara Lee Corporation, a Maryland Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 26, 1997No. 96-3459PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
In June of 1994, Sara Lee Corporation implemented a corporation-wide reduction-in-force (RIF) affecting personnel from every department. At that time, Lora Ilhardt, an in-house attorney, differed from her law department colleagues in only two respects: she worked part-time and she was pregnant. When pressured by Sara Lee’s president to reduce the size of the department, Ilhardt’s supervisors, although extremely satisfied with her performance, decided to eliminate her position. Ilhardt’s supervisors say she was chosen because she worked part-time; Ilhardt…
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