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Barfield v. Commerce Bank, N.A.
Citation:
484 F.3d 1276Facts
Chris Barfield (co-plaintiff), an African-American man, entered a Commerce Bank, N.A. (defendant) branch and requested change for a $50 bill. Commerce refused on the ground that Chris was not an account-holder at the bank. The next day, Chris’ father, James Barfield (co-plaintiff), entered the Commerce branch and requested change for a $100 bill. Similar to Chris, Commerce refused on the ground that James was not an account-holder at the bank. Yet, Commerce allowed a white man to successfully request change earlier that day and the teller never asked if the man was an account-holder at the bank. Chris and James sued Commerce.
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