United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit alleging racial discrimination in violation of 42 U.S.C. sections 1981 and 1982 after plaintiff, a Muslim-American, was denied a relocation under a franchise agreement because of his refusal to carry pork products, summary judgment for defendant is reversed and remanded where plaintiff made out a prima facie case that the franchiser applied a franchise provision in a discriminatory manner, and the evidence was sufficient to allow a jury to find that defendant's stated non-discriminatory reasons for its actions were pretextual.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/30/2006
• Decided 07/10/2007
• Published 07/10/2007

Judges

• ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before KANNE, ROVNER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert A. Habib (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher B. Wilson, Jonathan R. Buck (argued), Perkins Coie, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.