Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit April 5, 2007, 06-1918 (Rodney Green Charlan Green v. Dillard's, Inc., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Kansas City Branch, Amicus on Behalf Of)

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Rodney and Charlan Green, an African American couple, brought this action against the retailer Dillard’s Inc. under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, which provides that all persons shall have the equal right “to make and enforce contracts.