Erie R. v. Russell

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• finding “a degree of identity between such discrimination and racial discrimination,\ the court observed that Hispanics have been \the victims of invidious group discrimination which, while perhaps not racial in a scientific sense, is racial in its social operation and perception.”
• Mexican and Mexican-American plaintiffs found to state a cause of action under section 1981 because in analyzing discrimination against these groups race, national origin, and ethnicity may be indistinguishable.
• “[A] third party's interference with rights guaranteed by section 1981 will subject such a person to personal liability.”

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