Hill v. Shell Oil Co.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MORAN, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiffs bring this lawsuit as a purported class action on behalf of all African-American customers of Shell-brand gas stations. They allege that, in Chicagoland and across the nation, Shell-brand gas stations require African-Americans to prepay for gasoline while allowing white customers to pay after pumping gas. Plaintiffs claim that this pattern or practice of racial discrimination violates their federally-protected civil rights. Defendants move to dismiss the complaint on a variety of grounds. For the reasons set forth below, defendants’…