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PIERRE v. J.C. PENNEY CO., INC.

No. 03CV4782RJDVVP.

340 F.Supp.2d 308 (2004)

Claudie PIERRE, on behalf of herself and as a representative of similarly situated individuals, Plaintiff, v. J.C. PENNEY COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

November 3, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

K.C. Okoli, Esq., Emmanuel Roy, Esq., Agbayewa, Raymond & Roy, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff.

Thomas A. Catalano, Esq., Steven Getzoff, Esq., Lester, Schwab, Katz & Dwyer, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant J.C. Penney.

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

DEARIE, District Judge.

In this proposed class action, plaintiff alleges that J.C. Penney stores in the New York City area single out black and African-American customers for particular scrutiny based on suspicions of shoplifting. She claims that her detention by security personnel at a store in Queens violated her right to equal benefit of the law guaranteed under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, the Fourth Amendment, and state and city law...

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