Civil Litigation
Sep. 1, 2020
Judge won’t dismiss suit against Charter Communications claiming racism
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial discrimination cases must show race is a main motivating factor in an injury, not just one of them, and five months later U.S. District Judge George H. Wu kept in place the suit by a Black-owned production studio.
A U.S. judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging racism was behind Charter Communications Inc.'s refusal to carry channels operated by a Black-owned production studio.
U.S. District Judge George H. Wu of the Central District of California stuck by his tentative decision issued Aug. 27, five months after the U.S. Supreme Court
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