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Long v. Teachers' Ret. Sys. of State of Illinois, No. 10/23/09

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In plaintiff's employment discrimination and retaliation action against her former employer, summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where, because plaintiff failed to present evidence that defendant acted with retaliatory intent when it fired her, a jury could not infer that defendant fired her because she took FMLA leave.  

Read Long v. Teachers' Ret. Sys. of State of Illinois, No. 10/23/09

Appellate Information

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Decided October 23, 2009

Judges

Before:  Easterbrook, Chief Judge, and Sykes, Circuit Judge, and Kendall, District Judge

Opinion by Kendall, District Judge

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