Powell v. City of Chicago Human Rights Commission

State: Illinois

Court: 1st District Appellate

Docket No: 1-08-0752 Rel

Case Date: 03/17/2009

Preview:SECOND DIVISION March 17, 2009

No. 1-08-0752

CHRISTIANA M. POWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, CLARENCE N. WOOD, Chairman/Commissioner, CHICAGO COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS, CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY and OMAR COLON, Defendants-Appellees.

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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County

Honorable Sophia H. Hall, Judge Presiding.

PRESIDING JUSTICE KARNEZIS delivered the opinion of the court: Plaintiff Christiana M. Powell filed an employment discrimination complaint with the City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations (the commission). She alleged her former employer, the Chicago Transit Authority (the CTA), and department manager, Omar Colon (Colon), discriminated against her on the basis of her sexual orientation in violation of the City of Chicago Human Rights Ordinance (ordinance) of

1-08-0752 the Chicago Municipal Code (Chicago Municipal Code

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