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Ninth Circuit Finds That Discrimination Is A Concrete Injury For Purposes Of Article III Standing
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Ninth Circuit Finds That Discrimination Is A Concrete Injury For Purposes Of Article III Standing

The last few years have brought more and more standing-based challenges to our clients’ ability to have their day in court, with some success – look no further than TransUnion v. Ramirez, for example. Fortunately, the Ninth Circuit just rejected an attempt to insulate a bank from liability for admitted citizenship discrimination on standing grounds. Chattopadhyay v. BBVA is a class action alleging that BBVA (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria) discriminates on the basis of citizenship status in violation of 42 U.S.C. 1981 and California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act.

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