Thomas Johnson v. Uncle Ben's, Inc.

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• holding that the rule announced in Patterson applied retroactively to defendant’s conduct in 1974
• holding racial discrimination in employment after contract formation is actionable under § 1981
• \Legislative history ... sheds little light on whether the Act should apply to pre-enactment conduct.\
• “The statutory language and legislative history is inconclusive on the question of retroactive application.”
• sections may evince no general conclusion about general retroactive application
• sections may evince no general conclusion about general retroactive application

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