Procter & Gamble Distributing LLC must again face a minority-owned consulting company’s civil rights claim alleging a new management team’s racism led to the deterioration of a longstanding contractual relationship between them, a split Sixth Circuit panel ruled Monday.
The existence of a pending legal dispute between P&G and Quality Associates Inc., a Cincinnati business services company, in Ohio state court doesn’t mean a federal district court can dismiss the federal civil rights claim, the appeals court said.
Minority-owned QAI, which engages in a variety of commercial activities, contracted with P&G for decades, according to the court. The relationship soured, ...
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