Case Name: DR. R.C. SAMANTA ROY INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, a Wisconsin non-stock corporation; Midwest Oil of Minnesota, LLC, Appellants, v. The STAR TRIBUNE COMPANY, f/k/a Cowles Media Company, d/b/a Star Tribune, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-10-23
Citations: 201 F. App'x 382
Docket Number: No. 05-3335
Parties: DR. R.C. SAMANTA ROY INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, a Wisconsin non-stock corporation; Midwest Oil of Minnesota, LLC, Appellants, v. The STAR TRIBUNE COMPANY, f/k/a Cowles Media Company, d/b/a Star Tribune, Appellee.
Judges: Before SMITH, MAGILL, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 201
Pages: 382–382

Head Matter:
DR. R.C. SAMANTA ROY INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, a Wisconsin non-stock corporation; Midwest Oil of Minnesota, LLC, Appellants, v. The STAR TRIBUNE COMPANY, f/k/a Cowles Media Company, d/b/a Star Tribune, Appellee.
No. 05-3335.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Oct. 6, 2006.
Filed: Oct. 23, 2006.
Shushanie E. Aschemann, Stich & Angelí, Minneapolis, MN, Rebekah M. Brown, Westview Law Center, P.A., Hastings, MN, for Appellants.
John Philip Borger, Eric Jorstad, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellee.
Before SMITH, MAGILL, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The Dr. R.C. Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology and Midwest Oil of Minnesota, LLC appeal the district court's dismissal of their 42 U.S.C. § 1981 action. We agree with the district court that plaintiffs did not state a section 1981 claim, based on the reasoning of Phelps v. Wichita Eagle-Beacon, 886 F.2d 1262, 1267 (10th Cir.1989), and thus we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. We deny appellee's motion for summary dismissal of the appeal.
. The Honorable Paul A. Magnuson, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota.