GREGORY v. DILLARD'S, INC.

No. 05-3910.

565 F.3d 464 (2009)

Crystal GREGORY; Alberta Turner; Carla Turner; Treva Gage; Debra Hamilton; Capria Lee; Antwinette Avery; Jeff McKinney; Arnel Monroe; Michael Richmond; Maren Snell; Felicia Turner; Michael Warrick; LaShanda Wisham; Cecilia Young, Appellants, v. DILLARD'S, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 12, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Rotts, Rotts & Gibbs, LLC, Columbia, MO, argued, for appellants.

Thomas C. Walsh, Bryan Cave LLP, Kansas City, MO, argued (Lynn S. McCreary, Jeremiah J. Morgan, Elizabeth C. Carver, on the brief), for appellee.

Michael A. Gross, Anthony E. Rothert, American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Mo., St. Louis, MO, for amicus curiae in support of appellants.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, WOLLMAN, MURPHY, BYE, RILEY, MELLOY, SMITH, COLLOTON, GRUENDER, BENTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

Thirteen African-Americans appeal the decisions of the district court1 dismissing their claims against Dillard's, Inc., based on alleged race discrimination at the Dillard's department store in Columbia, Missouri. We affirm the district court's dismissal of the plaintiffs' claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and remand with directions to modify the final judgment so as to dismiss the plaintiffs' claims under the...

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