Domino's Pizza, Inc. v. McDonald
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the right to make and enforce contracts under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, a key civil rights provision in U.S. law that was originally enacted as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1866.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.
| Domino's Pizza, Inc. v. McDonald | |
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Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Argued December 6, 2005 Decided February 22, 2006 | |
| Full case name | Domino's Pizza, Inc., et al. v. John McDonald |
| Docket no. | 04-593 |
| Citations | 546 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 | |
| Prior | Dismissed, 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 | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Scalia, 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) | |
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