Dollar Tree was hit with a civil rights lawsuit Tuesday in Florida Middle District Court. The case was filed by Black Rock Trial Lawyers on behalf of Kenneth McGuire. Counsel have not yet appeared for the defendant. The case is 3:22-cv-00689, McGuire v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.
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Plaintiff, KENNETH MCGUIRE, by and through undersigned counsel, files this action
against Defendant, DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC. (‘Dollar Tree”), and hereby allege as follows:
1. This is a 42 U.S.C §1981 claim arising out of Dollar Tree’s discrimination against Plaintiff
and Dollar Tree’s deprivation of Plaintiffs’ contractual rights based on Plaintiffs race.
2. Jurisdiction. This Court has original jurisdiction of plaintiffs’ Section 1981 claims pursuant
to 28 U.S.C. §§1331 and 1343(a)(4) as this action involves a federal question regarding the
3. Venue. Venue is proper in this District pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1391(b) because a
substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to this action occurred in this district. Dollar
Tree is subject to personal jurisdiction in this District because it maintains facilities and business
operations in this District...
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