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JAERED N. ANDREWS, COREY D. CLARK, JACOB JOHN SMALLEY, DONNIE WILLIAMS, TERRELL BRITTENUM, DERRELL BRITTENUM, THOMAS DANIELS, AKRON WATSON, JU’NOT JOYNER, CHRIS GOLIGHTLY Plaintiffs, vs. FREMANTLEMEDIA N.A., INC., AMERICAN IDOL PRODUCTIONS, INC., 19 ENTERTAINMENT LTD. CORE MEDIA GROUP, INC. 21
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CENTURY FOX, INC. FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. NIGEL LYTHGOE, KEN WARWICK FORD MOTOR COMPANY, INC., COCA-COLA COMPANY, INC., AT&T Defendants. Case No. 13-CV-5174 (NRB)
DEMAND FOR TRIAL BY JURY ECF CASE CLASS-ACTION COMPLAINT COMES NOW
the Plaintiffs, African-American citizens of the United States of America, JAERED N. ANDREWS, an individual citizen of the State of Ohio, COREY D. CLARK, an individual citizen of the State of Tennessee, JACOB JOHN SMALLEY, an individual citizen of the State of Oklahoma, DONNIE WILLIAMS, an individual citizen of the State of Florida, TERRELL BRITTENUM, an individual citizen of the State of New York, DERRELL
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, 3 Columbus Circle, Floor 15, New York, NY 10019, to state their causes of action at law, in equity and through restorative justice as against FREMANTLEMEDIA NORTH AMERICA, INC., AMERICAN IDOL PRODUCTIONS, INC., 19 ENTERTAINMENT, CORE MEDIA GROUP, INC., NIGEL LYTHGOE, KEN WARWICK, 21
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CENTURY FOX, INC., FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC., FORD MOTOR COMPANY, INC., COCA-COLA COMPANY, INC., and AT&T.
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