ABDULLAHI v. PRADA USA CORP.

No. 07-2489.

520 F.3d 710 (2008)

Parisima ABDULLAHI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PRADA USA CORP., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 21, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parisima Abdullahi, Lake Bluff, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Paul A. Patten, Jackson Lewis, Chicago, IL, Joseph A. Saccomano, Jackson Lewis, White Plains, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, FLAUM, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff was a salesperson at a Prada store, was fired, and has sued Prada for violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and also 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The suit charges, under both statutes, discrimination and retaliation. The district judge dismissed the suit for failure to state a claim.

The principal issue is the meaning of "race" in section 1981, which provides, so far as relates to a case of employment discrimination...

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