United States First Circuit

A claim of racial discrimination, suffered during a shopping trip to an electronics store, was properly dismissed where the customer did not allege that surveillance interfered with his ability to make desired purchases; a slander claim is actionable where a challenged statement may have implied that an employee had a reasonable basis for suspecting the customer of a theft.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/09/2002
• Published 07/09/2002

Judges

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

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

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


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