A former loss prevention officer for two Kansas City-area Marshalls stores sued his former employer in federal court, alleging racial discrimination. According to the lawsuit filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, Wayne Cotton, who is black, worked for Marshalls from May 2006 until his termination on March 11, 2008. Cotton said he was "subjected to discriminatory practices and a hostile environment due to his race" during his employment.

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A federal appellate court upheld the dismissal of a civil rights lawsuit filed by a group of black shoppers who say Dillard’s employees subjected them to racial discrimination and hostility. A six-judge majority of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court questioned a decision by New Haven, Conn., to cancel planned promotions of city firefighters after no blacks scored well enough on a pair of tests to qualify. New Haven says it was seeking to avert a ...

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Former St. Louis Fire Chief Sherman George is suing the city of St. Louis for racial discrimination in violation of the Missouri Human Rights Act. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the St. Louis Circuit Court, alleges Mayor Francis Slay and ...

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A federal appeals court said five St. Louis County employees can pursue their racial discrimination lawsuit against the county. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Friday the federal trial court was wrong to grant the county’s motion for ...

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A former H&R Block supervisor facing an employment discrimination lawsuit has the right to arbitrate the claims filed against him, a federal appeals court said Monday. Jodi Finnie, a black female, was hired as a business process development coordinator at ...

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