Perry v. Stitzer Buick GMC, Inc.

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Anthony Perry says that the managers of Stitzer Buick decided to drive him out of his job as a salesman because he was black. Stitzer Buick argues that it cannot be sued for having done so. We hold otherwise.

I. Perry’s Experience at Stitzer

Treat customers “equally” and “politely.” That was Gordon Heinriech’s advice to Anthony Perry in August 1987 when he selected him to become one of Stitzer Buick’s new trainees. Perry soon learned, however, that what was preached on Stitzer’s showroom floor was not practiced by its managers. While eight of Stitzer’s ten trainees quit…