Randall Johnson is a law professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City . Earlier this month, Johnson, a Black man, filed a public accommodation lawsuit in Jackson County Circuit Court alleging that because of his race he was denied service at Osteria Il Centro, a restaurant near UMKC and the Country Club Plaza.
Because of the way Johnson alleges he was treated during the grievance process that followed, Kansas City is also named in the lawsuit as is Daniel O’Connor , a senior investigator with Kansas City’s Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity department.
Osteria Il Centro is owned by the same people who operate Minsky’s Pizza . Because of this connection, Minsky’s is also a defendant in the lawsuit…