Bordelon v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago

Lionel Bordelon (plaintiff), a former Chicago school principal, sued the Board of Education (defendant), claiming his contract was not renewed because of his age. He offered an affidavit by the president of a principals' association reporting that other principals had told him Bordelon's supervisor gave their schools less support than schools with younger principals. The trial court excluded the affidavit as hearsay and granted the Board summary judgment; Bordelon appealed.

Whether statements made by an opposing party's employees about a matter outside the scope of their employment constitute hearsay.