Legal Opinion
Lois Christian Amber Edens v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 6, 2001No. 99-3926PublishedCited by 213 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-Appellants Lois Christian and Amber Edens appeal the district court’s grant of judgment as a matter of law on their federal and state claims of race discrimination in a retail establishment. Christian, who is black, and Edens, who is white, went to a Wal-Mart on December 15, 1997 to buy Christmas presents. A Wal-Mart employee offered Christian repeated assistance, which Christian declined. Edens was offered no assistance. The employee, claiming that Christian was shoplifting, then called the police. Thereafter, Christian and Edens were escorted out of…
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