Rongere v. City of Rockford

Plaintiff filed a lawsuit against defendant, her former employer, under the Equal Pay Act, the Illinois Human Rights Act, the Illinois Whistleblower Act and various common law theories alleging violations of equal pay, sex discrimination, hostile work environment, and retaliation. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of defendant on the federal claims and relinquished the remaining state-law clams and plaintiff appealed. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, finding that plaintiff did not identify adequate comparators for her equal pay and sex discrimination claims, did not show that she engaged in protected activity for her retaliation claim, did not present sufficient evidence of a hostile work environment, and did not explain how the district court abused its discretion in relinquishing jurisdiction over the remaining claims. (ROVNER and BRENNAN, concurring)