Tag: colorado anti-discrimination act
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Colorado justices explore limits of anti-discrimination law in Masterpiece Cakeshop appeal
Members of the Colorado Supreme Court explored on Tuesday the tension between LGBTQ customers’ ability to be free from discrimination in the marketplace and business owners’ competing right not to be forced to express messages that violate their conscience. During oral arguments, some justices noted the difficulty of disentangling customers’ protected characteristics, like race or…
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Federal judge refuses to force Black bank customer to arbitrate discrimination claims
A federal judge last month refused to find that a mandatory arbitration clause in the fine print of a Black customer’s bank account agreement prohibited her from pursuing claims of racial discrimination in court. Jeanetta Vaughn filed suit against Chase Bank after the manager of its S. Buckley Road branch in Aurora called the police…