Alexis v. McDonald's Restaurants of Massachusetts, Inc.

CYR, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Yvonne Alexis (“Alexis”), and family members, challenge a summary judgment order rejecting various federal civil rights claims and related state-law claims stemming from the treatment accorded Alexis at a restaurant owned and operated by defendant-appellee McDonald’s Restaurants of Massachusetts, Inc. We affirm, in part, and remand other claims for further proceedings.

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BACKGROUND1

At approximately 10:00 p.m. on July 20, ■ 1990, in Framingham, Massachusetts, Alexis and her family, who are African Americans, entered a McDonald’s restaurant, proceeded to the service…