Legal Opinion

Sampson v. Village Discount Outlet, Inc.

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided August 11, 1993No. 93 C 1129PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

NORGLE, District Judge:

Before the court is the motion of defendants Village Discount Outlet, Inc. (“Village Discount”) and William Stinnett (“Stinnett”) to dismiss the complaint filed by plaintiff Jacob Sampson (“Sampson”). For the following reasons, the motion is granted.

FACTS

Sampson has filed a three-count complaint, alleging “racially motivated false arrest,” “intimidation,” and “company’s racial policy.” These claims are predicated upon unspecified violations of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985(2) and (3), and 1986. Reviewing Sampson’s complaint in a light most favorable to…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Gomez v. ToledoSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Patterson v. McLean Credit UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Briscoe v. LaHueSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  5. Runyon v. McCrarySupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Graves v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1997
  2. Whitehead v. AM International, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1994
  3. LETISHA A., BY MURPHY v. MorganDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1994
  4. Lowden v. William M. Mercer, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1995
  5. Crawford by and Through Crawford v. City of KansasDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1997

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