Court reinstates Discrimination lawsuit against Staples
Thursday, June 24, 2004 at 02:36AM
TheSpook
Staples accepts Check from White customer but not Black customer
A federal appeals court on Wednesday reinstated a civil rights lawsuit
filed by a black man whose check was refused by a Staples Inc. office
supply store in Winchester, Va. Williams tried to buy a printer
cartridge with a check, which listed his Maryland address, but was told
by a clerk that the store did not accept out-of-state checks. [more]
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