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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Domino's Pizza could not be sued for racial discrimination by a businessman whose company had a contract with the chain.
The court, in an 8-0 decision, said that because the contract was with John McDonald's company, not McDonald personally, he could not bring an individual civil rights claim.
To rule otherwise, Justice Antonin Scalia said in the opinion, would open companies to unlimited lawsuits under an 1866 civil rights law that protects equal rights in contracting.
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