Here is the Complaint.
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Inside the Complaint is the prayer for relief, and it sounds in tort. I don't see where any jury is going to find any fact pattern that will allow it to find a preponderence of the evidence that they were wrongfully harmed under the totality of the evidence of what occurred. It ain't gonna happen.
Here is the Prayer For Relief. (The emotes came from the copied text, not added by me.)
PRAYER FOR RELIEF
WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfully request that this Court:
(a) Declare that the actions of Defendants described above constituted discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, ethnicity, alienage, ancestry, and/or national origin in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d, the Fourteenth Amendment under the U.S. Constitution, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 49 U.S.C. § 41705, the Constitution of the State of Minnesota and the Minnesota Human Rights Act;
(B) Enter a permanent injunction directing Defendants to take all affirmative steps
necessary to remedy the effects of the illegal, discriminatory conduct described herein and to prevent similar occurrences in the future pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1981, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and the Minnesota Human Rights Act, § 363A.29;
Award Plaintiffs compensatory damages in an amount to be determined at trial to
compensate them for being deprived of their right to travel as passengers in air transportation regardless of their perceived race, color, national origin, religion, ethnicity, and/or ancestry, including damages for fear, mental pain, inconvenience, humiliation, embarrassment, emotional distress, financial injury, including lost business profits as provided under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 49 U.S.C. § 41705, and the Minnesota Human Rights Act, § 363A.29;
(d) Award Plaintiffs punitive or exemplary damages against Defendants under the
provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 1981, 42 U.S.C. §2000d, 49 U.S.C. § 41705, Minn. Stat. § 13.08 subd. 1, and Minnesota Human Rights Act, § 363A.29;
(e) Award Plaintiffs prejudgment interest as provided under Minn. Stat. § 549.09, subd. 1(a);
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(f) Award Plaintiffs reasonable attorneys’ fees and the costs incurred in this action pursuant to but not limited to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 and Minn. Stat. § 363A.33 subd. 7;
(g) Award Plaintiffs compensatory and punitive damages against Defendants under the common law tort claims of defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress, negligence, failure to train, supervise and discipline, conspiracy, false arrest, and invasion of privacy as provided under Minn. Stat. § 549.20; and
(h) Award Plaintiffs such other relief as the Court deems just and proper.
