Subject Index Civil Rights

The Lawyer’s Journal

By Bonnie C. McGrath
November
2000
Column
, Page 620
A lower burden of proof for consumer fraud? Arbitration-award rejection—can secretaries sign after all? and more.

Laureate of the Month

September
2000
Column
, Page 494
This month's featured honoree: Chicago civil rights attorney Martha A. Mills.

The Lawyer’s Journal

By Bonnie C. McGrath
September
2000
Column
, Page 496
Employment-discrimination "testers" pass muster; those dastardly dresser-drawer deeds; and more.

Employer’s statements relating to age did not provide evidence of age discrimination

August
2000
Illinois Law Update
, Page 438
On June 16, 2000, the seventh circuit court of appeals affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to the defendant, CSC Consulting Inc. (CSC).

The Lawyer’s Journal

By Bonnie C. McGrath
July
2000
Column
, Page 378
Grandparents lose at High Court—but how much? HMOs lose in one high court, win in another; and more.

The Lawyer’s Journal

By Bonnie C. McGrath
June
2000
Column
, Page 308
Playing the child-support percentages; ADA news and views; please don't squeeze the luggage; and more.

Racial profiling study rejected; H.B. 3911

June
2000
Illinois Law Update
, Page 310
House Bill 3911 required Illinois law enforcement officers to record information about the race of motorists who received traffic or warning citations.

States may not be sued under ADA in private action in federal court

June
2000
Illinois Law Update
, Page 310
On March 27, 2000, a divided panel of the seventh circuit court of appeals held that a university employee could not maintain a private cause of action against her state employer to enforce the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 USC § 12111-12117 (ADA).

ADA claim must establish that condition is regarded as a disability

April
2000
Illinois Law Update
, Page 196
On February 8, 2000, the seventh circuit court of appeals affirmed the decision of the district court for the Northern District of Illinois to grant summary judgment to the defendants as to plaintiff Krocka's claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA").

Plaintiff in Title VII suit need not show favorable treatment of similarly situated employees when plaintiff is the only discharged individual

March
2000
Illinois Law Update
, Page 128
On January 18, 2000, the Seventh Circuit reversed the district court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division's grant of summary judgment to defendant Quanex Corporation. 

A university has presumably complied with portions of Title IX if it can show a substantial proportionality between the gender group’s enrollment at the university and the gender group’s participation in athletics

February
2000
Illinois Law Update
, Page 68
On December 7, 1999, the Appellate Court of Illinois for the First District reversed the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to Valor Insurance Company.

A plaintiff must introduce at least some evidence of the defendant’s payroll records to show that the defendant is an “employer” for purposes of a Title VII claim

January
2000
Illinois Law Update
, Page 16
On November 15, 1999, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of the defendant’s motion for judgment as a matter of law since the plaintiff, Tina Mizwicki, failed to set forth sufficient evide evidence to show that the defendant was an “employer” for purposes of Title VII.

The New Legal Landscape for Workplace Sexual Harassment

By Allison Despard
August
1999
Article
, Page 422
A review of recent law, with a focus on employer liability for supervisors' sexually harassing conduct.

The Lawyer’s Journal

By Bonnie McGrath
February
1999
Column
, Page 70
No retaliatory discharge claims for whistle-blowing lawyers...

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