No. 21-172

Melvin G. Perry v. VHS San Antonio Partners, L.L.C., dba North Central Baptist Hospital

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: circuit-conflict civil-rights contract-enforcement contract-rights contractual-relationships racial-discrimination section-1981 statutory-interpretation third-party-interference
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity EmploymentDiscrimina Privacy
Latest Conference: 2021-11-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does section 1981 prohibit a third party from interfering, on the basis of race, with the right of an individual to make or enforce a contract?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Section 1981 gives every person “the same right ... to make and enforce contracts ... as is enjoyed by white citizens. .. .” The question presented is: Does section 1981 prohibit a third party from interfering, on the basis of race, with the right of an individual to make or enforce a contract? ii PARTIES The parties are set forth in the caption. Pediatric Inpatient Critical Care Services, P.A., was also a party in the district court.

Docket Entries

2021-11-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/19/2021.
2021-11-02
Reply of petitioner Melvin G. Perry filed. (Distributed)
2021-10-18
Brief of respondent VHS San Antonio Partners, L.L.C. in opposition filed.
2021-08-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 18, 2021.
2021-08-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 2, 2021 to October 18, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-08-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 2, 2021)

Attorneys

Melvin G. Perry
Eric SchnapperUniv. of Washington School of Law, Petitioner
Eric SchnapperUniv. of Washington School of Law, Petitioner
VHS San Antonio Partners, L.L.C.
David Lawrence SchenbergOgletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC, Respondent
David Lawrence SchenbergOgletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC, Respondent