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Seventh Circuit· 4/22/2009

Winsley v. Cook County

Citations

  • 563 F.3d 598
  • 21 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 1450
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 8261
  • 92 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 43,535
  • 106 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 12
  • 2009 WL 1066065

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that “no one has a right to 16 drive; driving on public highways is a privilege subject to revocation for a number of reasons”
  • noting that “vague assertions” by a plaintiff regarding the more favorable treatment of other employees do not suffice to meet the plaintiff’s burden of proof on summary judgment in the context of a Title VII discrimination claim
  • noting that “vague assertions” by a plaintiff regarding the more favorable treatment of other employees do not suffice to meet the plaintiff’s burden of proof on summary judgment in the context of a Title VII discrimination claim
  • rejecting Title VII claim where plaintiff's alleged comparator chose to quit before completing a required analysis to determine whether she could perform her essential job functions
  • finding plaintiff’s “bare assertions” that she was discriminated against because of her race “are not sufficient to establish a link between [her] race and her treatment”
  • “Although we hold that driving is not itself a major life activity, the inability to drive nevertheless could create a disability if it caused an impairment of a major life activity.”

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Judges: Bauer, Ripple, Wood

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