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Wednesday, June 9, 2004 | 11:25 a.m.
BEAUMONT, Texas -- A Texas judge declared a mistrial today in a lawsuit brought against Dillard's Inc. by 17 black shoppers who claimed that security guards at the Arkansas-based department store chain harassed them because of their race.
Opening arguments in the trial were scheduled to begin today in state court. Judge Milton Shuffield halted the trial before it began, dismissing the jury and declaring a mistrial. He cited "new information that's come up" but didn't elaborate.
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