A Black firefighter fired from an Illinois city is legally barred from pursuing a federal discrimination and retaliation suit because had had already brought these claims in state court, a judge ruled.
Vairrun Strickland “had a full and fair opportunity to litigate” his termination in state court but declined to do so, Judge John J. Tharp Jr. of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said Monday. That entitled the City of Markham to judgment as a matter of law.
It would’ve been futile to allow the normal course of litigation to continue because “the Court would ...