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Ninth Circuit lets minority company sue for racial discrimination.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-AUG-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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A minority-owned company has the same right as a person to bring a discrimination claim under [section] 1981, the Ninth Circuit has ruled.

"When a corporation has acquired a racial identity, either as a matter of law or by imputation, then it can be the direct target of discrimination and has standing to pursue a claim tinder [section] 1981 ," Judge Sidney Thomas wrote. (Thinket Ink Info. Res., Inc....

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