Legal Opinion
Taye Addisu Mokhtar Al-Saeed Ghassan Abu Hemdeh v. Fred Meyer, Inc., a Delaware Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 4, 2000No. 98-35854PublishedCited by 595 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge:
This appeal by would-be purchasers of the familiar blue jeans name brand Levi’s, at Fred Meyer, Inc., a prominent nationwide retailer, presents the question of whether a person can sue under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 for the refusal of a retailer to enter into a sales contract, which was solicited through fraudulent misrepresentation by the potential customer and would be voidable at that retailer’s discretion.
Appellants Taye Addisu, Mokhtar Al-Saeed and Ghassan Abu Hemdeh brought a complaint against Fred Meyer alleging that it refused to sell them Levi’s jeans because of their…
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