Legal Opinion
Ellis Bagley, Jr. v. Ameritech Corporation, a Delaware Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 17, 2000No. 99-4166PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
When the assistant sales manager of an Ameriteeh retail store told Ellis Bagley, Jr. that she would not serve him, Bagley concluded that no one at the store would sell him a telephone, so he walked out and then filed this race discrimination suit under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1982. The district court dismissed the case on summary judgment, finding that .Bagley, a black man, never really tried to enter into a contract and thus could not have been denied of his rights to contract or purchase personal property. Bagley appeals this decision. Our review starts with…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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