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ALIZADEH v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC.

No. 85-2816.

802 F.2d 111 (1986)

Susan A. ALIZADEH, and Her Husband, Hassan H. Alizadeh, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC., and Local 455, United Food & Commercial Workers, AFL-CIO, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 26, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David T. Lopez, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Charles E. Fitch, Houston, Tex., for Safeway.

Rick Bensik, Houston, Tex., for Local 455.

Before RUBIN, RANDALL, and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

The principal issue presented is whether 42 U.S.C. § 1981 protects an Iranian national from discrimination by those who believe him to be of a race other than white. A woman and her husband, a native and citizen of Iran, sued her former employer and the union that was her collective bargaining agent on the grounds that (1) her discharge resulted from her employer's prejudice against her husband because of his race...

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