Legal Opinion
Wilson v. DNC Servs. Corp.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 22, 2018No. Case No. 1:17–cv–00730 (TNM)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TREVOR N. MCFADDEN, United States District Judge
Plaintiff Willie Lee Wilson is an African-American citizen who ran in the 2016 *395Democratic presidential primary. Mr. Wilson and his campaign committee allege in their Amended Complaint that the DNC Services Corporation, doing business as the Democratic National Committee, or DNC, discriminated against Mr. Wilson and thwarted his campaign efforts because of his race. They seek $2 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages under four theories of recovery: breach of contract, promissory estoppel, race discrimination in…
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