Meta Case Tests Limits on Citizenship Bias Claims at Ninth Cir.

Federal appeals court judges Wednesday probed whether federal civil rights law covered claims of citizenship discrimination and racial bias in a case alleging hiring practices by Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. favor foreign workers.

A three-judge panel at the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard arguments in a case testing the limits of Section 1981 of the 1866 Civil Rights Act.

The plaintiff, Purushothaman Rajaram, sued Meta Platforms Inc. in the Northern District of California last year alleging that the company discriminated against US citizens in favor of H-1B visa holders.

The case was dismissed for lack ...