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 | | [491 U.S. Although the Court in Runyon treated it as settled by Jones, Tillman, and Johnson that 1981 prohibited private racial discrimination in contracting, it nevertheless discussed in detail the claim that 1981 is narrower in scope than 1982. |
 | | [491 U.S. would have made 1981 inapplicable to racially discriminatory actions by private employers, and concluded, as I do, that "[t]here could hardly be a clearer indication of congressional agreement with the view that 1981 does reach private acts of racial discrimination." 427 U.S., at 174 -175 (emphasis in original). |
 | | [491 U.S. which was calculated to produce the impression among those remaining with their masters that an attempt to escape from slavery would result in certain destruction." Id., at 17. |
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