Perry v. Burger King Corp.

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• holding that franchisor could not be liable to plaintiff for alleged discrimination by franchisee’s employees due to nature of franchisor and franchisee’s relationship and franchisor’s lack of control over franchisee’s operations under franchise agreement
• section 1981 contract rights may be implicated by denial of bathroom use subsequent to purchase in a fast food restaurant
• restaurant franchisor entitled to summary judgment on claim of vicarious liability for racial discrimination by franchisee because franchise agreement did not provide that franchisor had control over employment matters at franchisee

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).