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HAMPTON v. DILLARD DEPT. STORES, INC.

Nos. 98-3011, 98-3261, 98-3306.

247 F.3d 1091 (2001)

Paula Darlene HAMPTON, Plaintiff, Demetria Cooper, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DILLARD DEPARTMENT STORES, INC., Defendant-Appellee, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law, Amicus Curiae. Paula Darlene Hampton, Plaintiff-Appellee, Demetria Cooper, Plaintiff, v. Dillard Department Stores, Inc., Defendant-Appellant, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law, Amicus Curiae. Paula Darlene Hampton, Plaintiff-Appellee, Demetria Cooper, Plaintiff, v. Dillard Department Stores, Inc., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 24, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur A. Benson II, (Jamie Kathryn Lansford, Jane McQueeny, Gregg Lombardi, and Aften P. McKinney, with him on the briefs), of Arthur Benson & Associates, Kansas City, Missouri, for Cooper and Hampton.

Jack L. Whitacre and Elaine Drodge Koch of Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP, Kansas City, Missouri, for Dillard Department Stores.

Julie M. Williamson, Duncan R. Butts, Eric Fisher, Jonathan Goldberg and Ann C. Kiley of McKenna & Cuneo, L.L.P., Denver, Colorado, submitted a brief, for Amicus Curiae Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

Before HENRY, STEPHEN H. ANDERSON and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

HENRY, Circuit Judge.

Paula Darlene Hampton filed suit against Dillard Department Stores, Inc. (Dillard's), claiming that the company had unlawfully interfered with her right to make and enforce a contract in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981. A jury awarded her compensatory and punitive damages based on its findings that (1) Ms. Hampton "was entitled to a free cologne sample as a benefit or privilege of her purchase on

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