District Court, C.D. Illinois March 13, 2001, 99-3130-CV (McGuire v. CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, ILL.)

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge.

“For a dead opportunity there is no resurrection.”

Thomas Fuller (1608-1661)

FACTS

In 1986 Plaintiff Regina McGuire applied to become an Operator at the City of Springfield’s Department of Public Utilities (“the City”), a position whose duties included turning off power lines so employees who worked on them did not get electrocuted.