CATERPILLAR, INC. v. HUMAN RIGHTS COM'N

No. 3-86-0514.

154 Ill. App.3d 424 (1987)

506 N.E.2d 1029

CATERPILLAR, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed April 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradford L. Livingston, of Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, of Chicago, and Jerome A. Kenney and Theodore R. Johnson, both of Caterpillar Tractor Company, of Peoria (Gerald D. Skoning, of counsel), for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Kent Sezer, Special Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Homer J. Tice, of counsel), for appellee Human Rights Commission.

Homer J. Tice, of Knuppel, Grosboll, Becker & Tice, of Petersburg, for appellee Madeline Burwell.


Order reversed.

JUSTICE HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

Caterpillar, Inc. (Caterpillar), appeals from an order of the circuit court of Tazewell County which denied Caterpillar's motion for summary judgment and affirmed a decision of the Illinois Human Rights Commission (Commission) in its entirety. Caterpillar also appeals from the order and decision of the Commission which was affirmed by the court below. We reverse.

Madeline Burwell (Burwell...

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