HOLLAND v. MORSE DIESEL INTERNAT., INC.

No. A088941.

104 Cal.Rptr.2d 239 (2001)

86 Cal.App.4th 1443

Henry HOLLAND, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MORSE DIESEL INTERNATIONAL, INC., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

February 13, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moore and Moore, Howard Moore, Jr., Oakland, and Marc J. Days, San Jose, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Thelen Reid & Priest, David Buoncristiani, Kevin O'Brien and Jeffrey S. Bosley, San Francisco, for Defendants and Respondents.


PARRILLI, J.

Business and Professions Code section 7031 bars unlicensed contractors from bringing suit to recover compensation for work requiring a license. In this case, we hold that an unlicensed contractor may pursue an action under 42 United States Code section 1981 for racial discrimination during the performance of his contract, but may not seek damages for the defendant's failure to pay sums due under the contract...

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