Authorities Cited: United States Code 42 U.S.C. § 1981 42 U.S.C. § 2000(e) Supreme Court 369 U.S. 654, 655 391 U.S. 253, 289 411 U.S. 792 450 U.S. 248 469 U.S. 111, 121 475 U.S. 574, 586-587 477 U.S. 242, 248-252 477 U.S. 317, 323 490 U.S. 228, 240-246 511 U.S. 244, 250 523 U.S. 574, 600 524 U.S. 742, 761 539 U.S. 90, 92-101 540 U.S. 44, 53-54 Circuit Courts 600 F.2d 1003, 1012 29 F.3d 1078, 1083-1084 128 F.3d 337, 348 155 F.3d 799, 807-809 156 F.3d 1284, 1294 176 F.3d 921, 926 188 F.3d 652, 662 190 F.3d 765, 767 191 F.3d 647, 658 193 F.3d 219, 232 201 F.3d 784, 789-798 229 F.3d 559, 565 274 F.3d 187, 193 314 F.3d 249, 258 317 F.3d 564, 570-578 354 F.3d 27, 31 354 F.3d 277, 284-285 360 F.3d 1103, 1122 364 F.3d 789, 795 376 F.3d 305, 312 387 F.3d 733, 736 389 F.3d 555, 564 390 F.3d 695, 725 398 F.3d 345, 352 416 F.3d 310, 318 432 F.3d 379, 380-381 455 F.3d 702, 711-721 463 F.3d 569, 577-578 464 F.3d 584, 596 474 F.3d 307, 322 485 F.3d 854, 857 492 F.3d 447, 451 498 F.3d 434, 440 501 F.3d 695, 703-710 515 F.3d 531, 545 519 F.3d 587, 603 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c) Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(e)(2) 267 F. Supp. 2d 987