Missouri Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a lawsuit against Starbucks over alleged racial discrimination perpetrated by the company through their diversity policies.

The lawsuit said that the coffee chain “has violated federal and state laws prohibiting race discrimination” through practices like imposing race and sex quotas for workers, discriminating for promotion opportunities, and creating race and sex quotas for board membership.

Bailey referenced the Supreme Court decision against affirmative action in university admissions, contending that the opinion “made clear that federal law does not tolerate differential treatment based on race,” a principle that also applies to employment decisions.

The lawsuit said “consumers are required to pay higher prices and wait longer for goods and services that could be provided for less had Starbucks employed the most qualified workers.”

Starbucks indeed emphasizes their diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. The company features a number of diversity initiatives, such as participation in a pledge from the Human Rights Campaign, a prominent lobbying group for the homosexual and transgender movement.

The firm also joined a brief to the Supreme Court in support of affirmative action, saying that the move showed their “support for diversity in college admissions and giving students of color an equal chance to access higher education” so that schools can “promote student body diversity.”

Bailey meanwhile commented in a statement that he has the “responsibility to protect Missourians from a company that actively engages in systemic race and sex discrimination.”