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'Color bias' cases gain momentum.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-OCT-03 		Format: Online - approximately 668 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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The flurry of national press that followed the settlement of a recent Georgia "color bias" case illustrated how obscure such claims have been--until now. Unlike traditional race discrimination claims, color-bias cases typically involve plaintiffs and defendants of the same race who have different skin tones.

Even Black's Law Dictionary, in its definition of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, omits "color" from the list of characteristics protected by the statute, which has rarely been applied to color-bias claims. But that's changing.

"We've certainly seen an increase in litigation where color [is] the issue," said Robert Royal, an Atlanta-based...

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