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GARRETT v. TANDY CORP.

No. 01-2443.

295 F.3d 94 (2002)

John GARRETT, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. TANDY CORPORATION d/b/a Radio Shack, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 9, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Neil Young, with whom James G. Fongemie and McTeague, Higbee, Case, Cohen, Whitney & Toker, P.A. were on brief, for appellant.

Melinda J. Caterine, with whom Jonathan Shapiro and Moon, Moss, McGill, Hayes & Shapiro, P.A. were on brief, for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and SELYA, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

In this case, plaintiff-appellant John Garrett, a black man, alleges that he was the object of both racial discrimination and slander during and after a shopping trip to a Radio Shack store. The district court dismissed the case in its entirety. We affirm the dismissal of the appellant's race-discrimination claim but reverse as to his defamation claim.

I. BACKGROUND

This appeal stands or falls on the facts alleged in the amended...

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