Liberal Justices Decry Denied Review of Dancer’s Bias Suit (2)

The US Supreme Court declined to review an African-American adult entertainer’s racial bias suit accusing clubs in Houston, Texas, of unlawfully limiting the number of Black dancers per shift, prompting a dissent from two liberal justices who insist the petition should’ve been granted.

The high court’s decision Monday, denying to examine Chanel Nicholson’s case filed under Section 1981 of the 1866 Civil Rights Act, left in place a 2024 order from the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that her discrimination claims exceeded the four-year statute of limitations. The civil war-era law bans racial bias in contracting.

Nicholson ...