Legal Opinion
Lewis v. The Dow Chemical Company
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided September 10, 2025No. 1:24-cv-12911Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION BOBBY LEWIS, Plaintiff, Case No. 24-12911 Honorable Laurie J. Michelson v. THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, Defendant. OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS [14] Bobby Lewis alleges that his former employer discriminated against him on the basis of race in violation of
42 U.S.C. § 1981
and Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act. But his conclusory and unsupported allegations fail to state a claim under § 1981. The Court thus grants the defendant’s motion to dismiss Lewis’ § 1981 claim (ECF No. 14) and declines to…
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