RUTSTEIN v. AVIS RENT-A-CAR SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 99-10782.

211 F.3d 1228 (2000)

David RUTSTEIN, Plaintiff, Zeirei Agudath Israel Bookstore, Levi Sufrin, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. AVIS RENT-A-CAR SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware Corporation, authorized to do business in the State of Florida, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 11, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Wright, Jr., Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand, Chartered, Miami, FL, Jonathan J. Lerner, New York City, for Defendant-Appellant.

Abraham Rappaport, Sharon Levine Mirsky, Maya Saxena, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, Boca Raton, FL, Tod Aronovitz, Aronovitz & Associates, P.A., Miami, FL, Melvyn I. Weiss, Michael C. Spencer, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, New York City, John C. Bell, Jr., Bell & James, P.C., Augusta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge, and RONEY and FAY, Senior Circuit Judges.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

Jewish plaintiffs1 brought this civil rights lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on behalf of themselves, and all others similarly situated, against Avis Rent-A-Car System, Inc. ("Avis"). Plaintiffs alleged that Avis had denied them their right to make and enforce contracts because of their race, ancestry, and ethnic characteristics,2 in violation...

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