COLE v. BD. OF TRUSTEES OF NORTHERN IL UNIVERSITY

No. 15-2305.

838 F.3d 888 (2016)

Jerome COLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 27, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fabian John Rosati , Attorney, Law Office of Fabian J. Rosati, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mary Ellen Welsh , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, KANNE, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiff Jerome Cole has worked for Northern Illinois University in the Building Services Department since 1998. He is African-American, and he alleges that beginning in 2009, he experienced race discrimination, retaliation, and a hostile work environment, including the discovery of a hangman's noose in his newly assigned...

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