Cortezano v. Salin Bank & Trust Co.

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Employment Discrimination
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 11-1631
Decision Date: 
May 21, 2012
Federal District: 
S.D. Ind., Indianapolis Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed and remanded in part
Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendant-employer's motion for summary judgment in Title VII action alleging national-origin discrimination based on plaintiff's marriage to Mexican citizen whose presence in U.S. was unauthorized. Record showed that plaintiff was terminated after defendant became concerned that plaintiff's husband was illegal alien who used fraudulent documents to open accounts in defendant's bank, and Title VII does not cover any discrimination based on status as illegal alien.