Hamdan v. Indiana University Health North Hospital, Inc.

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

Dr. Talal Hamdan, a U.S. citizen of Middle-Eastern (Palestinian) descent,. sued Indiana University Health North Hospital, Inc. for discriminating against him based on race. Dr. Hamdan was not an-employee of the hospital and so could not sue under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He sued instead under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 , a law first enacted as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, after ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment, to protect the ability of newly freed slaves to enter into and enforce contracts, especially contracts regarding land and their labor.…