Domino's Pizza, Inc. v. McDonald

Domino's Pizza, Inc. v. McDonald
Argued December 6, 2005
Decided February 22, 2006
Full case nameDomino's Pizza, Inc., et al. v. John McDonald
Docket no.04-593
Citations546 U.S. 470 (more)
126 S. Ct. 1246; 163 L. Ed. 2d 1069; 2006 U.S. LEXIS 1821; 74 U.S.L.W. 4129
Case history
PriorDismissed, No. 02-00311 (D. Nev. Aug. 22, 2002); reversed, 107 Fed. Appx. 18 (9th Cir. 2004); rehearing denied (9th Cir. Aug. 2, 2004); cert. granted, 125 S. Ct. 1928 (2005)
Holding
The agent of a party to a contract cannot state a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, because he himself does not have rights to make or enforce under the contract. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia
Anthony Kennedy · David Souter
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Case opinion
MajorityScalia, joined by Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer
Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866 § 1)

Domino's Pizza, Inc. v. McDonald, 546 U.S. 470 (2006), is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States involving claims for racial discrimination against the right to make and enforce contracts under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, a key civil rights provision in U.S. law that was originally enacted as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1866. The Court ruled unanimously, in an opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia, that because agents of parties to contracts do not personally have rights under those contracts, they cannot state a claim under section 1981.


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