Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Nixon

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

When Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc. (Merrill Lynch), filed a complaint seeking an order enjoining the Missouri Commission on Human Rights and certain state officers (collectively in this opinion, MCHR, unless otherwise noted) from proceeding in an administrative action with discrimination claims against Merrill Lynch, the district court issued an order limiting the forms of relief that the MCHR could seek from Merrill Lynch in the administrative action. The MCHR appeals from this order and we affirm in part and vacate in part.

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