Circle City Broadcasting I, LLC v. AT&T Services, Inc.

Plaintiff filed a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against the corporation’s majority owner when the defendants declined to pay broadcast fees for the rights to carry the plaintiff’s two Indianapolis-based television stations. The district court entered summary judgment for the defendant, concluding that plaintiff failed to identify evidence permitting a jury to find that the decisions not to pay the broadcast fees reflected anything other than lawful business choices and the Seventh Circuit affirmed. (WOOD and LEE, concurring)