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· 9/24/1986

Cahoon v. Alton Packaging Corp.

Citations

  • 499 N.E.2d 522
  • 148 Ill. App. 3d 480
  • 101 Ill. Dec. 934
  • 1986 Ill. App. LEXIS 2939
  • 44 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 227

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  • holding that a federal civil rights claim must be prosecuted under the same procedure applicable to a state civil-rights claim
  • holding that a federal civil rights claim must be prosecuted under the same procedure applicable to a state civil rights claim
  • holding that a federal civil rights claim must be prosecuted under the same procedure applicable to a state civil-rights claim
  • holding that a federal civil rights claim must be prosecuted under the same procedure applicable to a state civil rights claim
  • refusing to apply the doctrine of legislative acquiescence to the Cahoon interpretation of the IHRA’s jurisdiction-stripping provision
  • “the plain language of Section 8-111(C) requires that an Illinois court dismiss [a federal age discrimination] case unless state administrative remedies have been exhausted”

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Judges: Welch

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