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Torts: Basic Fluency in a Fundamental Legal Language (Revised for Fall '24)

Bullock v. Tamiami Trail Tours, Inc. ("The Foreseeable Racism Case")

Note! This case involves racially motivated violence and it uses outdated language to refer to the plaintiffs. I edited the latter to avoid distracting from the reasoning in the opinion (but feel free to read behind my edits). I have included the opinion itself because it is a good illustration of the relevant legal principles and because its inclusion helps to highlight the relationship between race and torts--a relationship that might otherwise be erased.