Legal Opinion
Chester A. Fisher v. Lenus Shamburg, Bill Howell, and Charles W. Howell
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 22, 1980No. 78-1711PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.
The incident giving rise to this litigation took place in the parking lot of a roadside restaurant in Kansas at about 11:30 p. m., December 16, 1975. As plaintiff-appellant Chester A. Fisher, a black man, was entering the front door of the Crossroads Cafe, defendants Lenus Shamburg, Charles Howell and his son Bill, all white men, were leaving. In passing, Shamburg uttered a racial slur directed at Fisher. Although Fisher did not understand exactly what was said, he became uneasy about the safety of his car and left the cafe a few minutes later. The defendants were…
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