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Coneisha L. Sherrod v. United Way Worldwide

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 19-10376 · judgment July 30, 2020

Certiorari denied · February 22, 2021

Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (“Section 1981”) prohibits a non-contracting party from interfering with person’s contract, speciﬁcally, a person’s employment, based on race.
Whether alleging that a party either participated in race discrimination directly or had knowledge of discrimination, the authority to prevent discrimination, and refused to prevent the discrimination, is sufﬁcient to state a cause of action under Section 1981.

For petitioner
Brian P. Sanford
The Sanford Firm

For respondent
Russell D. Chapman
Littler Mendelson, P.C.

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Feb 22 2021
Petition DENIED.
Feb 03 2021
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
Jan 13 2021
Waiver of right of respondent United Way Worldwide to respond filed.
Dec 28 2020
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 4, 2021)