21 F. Supp. 2d 627 - Mitchell v. United Parcel Service’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1985 · 42 U.S.C. § 1986
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Griffin v. Breckenridge · Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co. · Flagg Brothers Inc v. Brooks J Lefkowitz · United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 610 v. Scott
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“(1) that the defendants conspired (2) for the purposes of depriving, either directly or indirectly, any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws; and (3) one or more of the conspirators committed some act in furtherance of the conspiracy; whereby (4) another is injured in his person or property or deprived of having and exercising any right or privilege of a citizen of the United States; and (5) the action of the conspirators is motivated by a racial animus.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In order to establish a conspiracy under Section 1985(3), Plaintiff must prove that the co-conspirators agreed, either expressly or tacitly, to commit acts which will deprive the plaintiff of equal protection of the law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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