THINKET INK INFO. v. SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.

No. 02-16754.

368 F.3d 1053 (2004)

THINKET INK INFORMATION RESOURCES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 17, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond P. Bolanos, Redwood City, CA, for the appellant.

David Fallek; Alfred Pfeiffer, Jr., Neha Nissen, Bingham McCutchen LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the appellee.

Before: TASHIMA, THOMAS, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.


THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we consider the question, inter alia, of whether a corporation has standing to commence an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. We hold that if a corporation either suffers discrimination harm cognizable under § 1981, or has acquired an imputed racial identity, it is sufficiently within the statutory zone of interest to have prudential standing to bring an action under § 1981. We affirm the judgment of the district...

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