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GREEN v. DILLARD'S, INC.

No. 06-1918.

483 F.3d 533 (2007)

Rodney GREEN; Charlan Green, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DILLARD'S, INC., Defendant-Appellee. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Kansas City Branch, Amicus on Behalf of Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 5, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cheryle Ann Pilate, argued, Kansas City, MO (Stephen G. Mirakian, Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellants.

Jeremiah J. Morgan, argued, Kansas City, MO (Lynn S. McCreary, Kansas City, on the brief), for appellee.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Rodney and Charlan Green, an African American couple, brought this action against the retailer Dillard's Inc. under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, which provides that all persons shall have the equal right "to make and enforce contracts." The Greens allege that they were prevented from closing a purchase by the discriminatory conduct of a Dillard's employee who refused to wait on them and called them "Fucking niggers." The district court granted Dillard...

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