David Petrovic v. Enterprise Leasing Company, et al
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Filed Nonprecedential Disposition PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. Frank H. Easterbrook, Circuit Judge; Daniel A. Manion, Circuit Judge and Ilana Diamond Rovner, Circuit Judge. [6699519-1] [6699519] [15-1352]
Case: 15-1352
Document: 39
Filed: 10/13/2015
NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION
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To be cited only in accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1
United States Court of Appeals
For the Seventh Circuit
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Submitted October 7, 2015∗
Decided October 13, 2015
No. 15-‐‑1352
Before
FRANK H. EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge
DANIEL A. MANION, Circuit Judge
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge
DAVID PETROVIC,
Plaintiff-‐‑Appellant,
v.
Appeal from the United
States District Court for the
Northern District of Illinois,
Eastern Division.
No. 12 C 8677
Amy J. St. Eve, Judge.
ENTERPRISE LEASING COMPANY OF CHICAGO, LLC,
et al.,
Defendants-‐‑Appellees.
Order
We remanded this case for consideration of a claim under 42 U.S.C. §1981 but held
that other claims had been properly dismissed. Petrovic v. Enterprise Leasing Co., No. 12-‐‑
3779 (7th Cir. Mar. 25, 2013). On remand, the district court granted summary judgment
∗ This successive appeal has been submitted to the original panel under Operating Procedure 6(b). After
examining the briefs and the record, we have concluded that oral argument is unnecessary. See Fed. R.
App. P. 34(a); Cir. R. 34(f).
Case: 15-1352
No. 15-‐‑1352
Document: 39
Filed: 10/13/2015
Pages: 2
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to the defendants, ruling that plaintiff could not show that racial animus caused the ac-‐‑
tion of which he complains.
Petrovic attempted to rent a car from Enterprise. He contends that Hans Uslar, who
managed the rental location, refused to rent to him because he is white and disabled. He
maintains that Uslar told him that disabled white people are always broke and cannot
pay. While Petrovic was there, Uslar rented one car to a black customer and another to a
Hispanic customer; he contends that his race accounts for Uslar’s refusal to rent a car to
him.
The record developed on Enterprise’s motion for summary judgment shows that the
other customers paid with credit cards, while Petrovic attempted to use a debit card.
Enterprise’s corporate policy is that a customer using a debit card must have at least
$150 plus the anticipated cost of the rental available in the account linked to the card,
and must produce some documents showing employment or another source of income.
Unaware of this policy, Petrovic did not come with the documents Enterprise requires.
He used one of Enterprise’s computer terminals to access his bank account, in an effort
to show Enterprise that funds were available—but the computer reported a balance of
$4.06. Petrovic says that he had anticipated using a $25 overdraft protection to pay for
the rental, but the district court concluded that the $4.06 balance made a rental impossi-‐‑
ble under Enterprise’s rules.
Petrovic does not contend that those rules were adopted to discriminate against any
race, and the record does not offer any support for a claim that these rules are enforced
only against white potential customers. The district judge assumed that Uslar was in-‐‑
deed prejudiced against white, disabled, customers, but concluded that his attitude did
not have any effect, because a black customer who wanted to use a debit card but had
less than $150 available could not have rented a car. That decision is not erroneous.
Although Petrovic contends that the discovery that placed some of these facts into
the record invaded his privacy, no one can file suit and then keep secret facts that are
material to the litigation’s disposition. The district court did not err in managing the
discovery or in any other fashion.
Remaining contentions do not require discussion.
AFFIRMED
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