Legal Opinion
Habash v. City of Salisbury, Md.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided May 26, 2009No. Civil L-04-2338PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
BENSON EVERETT LEGG, Chief Judge.
This is the second of two civil rights cases filed in this Court involving defunct nightclubs once located in Salisbury, Maryland. The Plaintiff in the instant case, Mitri Habash, owned a nightclub named Club Vissage. He currently alleges that Defendants 1 purposefully drove his establishment out of business because Club Vissage catered to a black clientele on its hip-hop nights. Following extensive discovery, Defendants moved for summary judgment. After the motion was fully briefed, the Court heard oral argument. For the reasons stated herein,…
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