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Chicago Area Council of Boy Scouts v. City of Chicago Comm'n on Human Relations

Case Date: 05/01/2001
Court: 1st District Appellate
Docket No: 1-99-3018 Rel

SECOND DIVISION

MAY 1, 2001



1-99-3018


CHICAGO AREA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS
OF AMERICA,

          Petitioner-Appellant,

                    v.

THE CITY OF CHICAGO COMMISSION ON
HUMAN RELATIONS, G. KEITH
RICHARDSON.

          Respondents-Appellees.

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Circuit Court
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No. 96 CH 003266



The Honorable
Stephen A. Schiller,
Judge Presiding.


JUSTICE COUSINS delivered the opinion of the court:

G. Keith Richardson filed a claim with the City of Chicago Commission onHuman Relations (Commission) against defendant Chicago Area Council of BoyScouts of America (CAC) under the Chicago Human Rights Ordinance (theOrdinance). Chicago Municipal Code, section 2-160-010 et seq. (1990). Specifically, Richardson invoked section 2-160-030, alleging employmentdiscrimination in hiring based on sexual orientation. Chicago Municipal Code