Legal Opinion
Pearl v. Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 25, 1989No. Nos. 88-2344, 88-2488PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Virginia Pearl, who is black, began working for Keystone Consolidated Industries, a steel products manufacturer, at its Barton-ville, Illinois plant in 1966. After working in various clerical and secretarial positions through the years, Pearl was promoted to a Secretary “A” position in Keystone’s Sales Department in 1979.
At the time Pearl worked in Keystone’s sales department, Keystone divided its product lines into two groups. One group was “wire products,” a group that included fence materials, barbed wire, and similar products. The second group was “industrial and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Scandia Down Corporation, a California Corporation, and Goose Down, Inc., an Illinois Corporation v. Euroquilt, Inc., a New Jersey CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- James S. Jordan, Cross-Appellee v. Duff and Phelps, Inc., Claire v. Hansen, and Francis E. Jeffries, Defendants- Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Bullard v. Sercon Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Rudy Byron, Cross-Appellee v. Rudolph Clay, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by2 opinions
- Wellpoint, Inc. v. CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
- 50 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1723, 51 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 39,361, 28 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 1118 Virginia Pearl, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989