[Labyrinthos]

This has got to be some kind of lawyer based scam. You cannot tell me that in this day and time there was some kind of consparicy to seat blacks at the back of the resturants?....after all the hell Denny's et al have gone thru....It would be my bet that Heidi Doerhoff, a lawyer representing customers in Arkansas is licking her chops....her ship has just arrived...

This is not a private lawsuit, but rather, a lawsuit commenced by the Feds. Based upon my experience, I will bet you that the lawsuit is based upon the first hand observations of Federal investigators, who posed as customers, as well a interviews with and sworn statements from current and former employees. I'm also confident that the Feds would not have commenced the lawsuit because of a few isolated incidents. And why did Cracker Barrel settle so quickly? Don't be surprised if the Feds have recordings of the discrimination. I also wouldn't be surprised if CB has internal documents showing that high level management was aware of the discrimination, but did little to stop the problem (and may have evern encouraged the practice) -- documents that CB would have to turn over to the Feds if the case had not been settled.

[Hat-Trick]

"This is not a private lawsuit, but rather, a lawsuit commenced by the Feds. Based upon my experience, I will bet you that the lawsuit is based upon the first hand observations of Federal investigators, who posed as customers, as well a interviews with and sworn statements from current and former employees. I'm also confident that the Feds would not have commenced the lawsuit because of a few isolated incidents. And why did Cracker Barrel settle so quickly? Don't be surprised if the Feds have recordings of the discrimination. I also wouldn't be surprised if CB has internal documents showing that high level management was aware of the discrimination, but did little to stop the problem (and may have evern encouraged the practice) -- documents that CB would have to turn over to the Feds if the case had not been settled."

Hmmmm...come to think of it, you're right. I can't remember the last time that the Federal Government overstepped it's consititutional authority and persecuted innocent citizens, "based on the first-hand observations of Federal Investigators".

[B.O. Plenty]

I also wouldn't be surprised if CB has internal documents showing that high level management was aware of the discrimination, but did little to stop the problem(and may have evern encouraged the practice)........You are pulling my leg, right?...funning me? You are seriously, with a straight face, telling me that CB high level managers are so stupid as to be overtly or even covertly racist? This is so outrageous....it doesn't even make sense. What would they stand to gain except ruin and misery for such a stand. I wonder how many CB managers are people of color?

I would suspect that the reason that CB settled so quickly that they knew that Jesse Jackson, the NAACP, The Rev Al and all other race pimps would get involved and do what they always do....shake down the company, start a boycot and do as much damage to CB that they could.....

No offense, but IMHO, this whole thing will be found to be an action by a few American hating, white people hating, big business hating "civil rights activists" probably from the Rainbow coaliation or the NAACP.....