Weidman v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1992
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1985
Relies on Haines v. Kerner · Neitzke v. Williams · Griffin v. Breckenridge · Denton v. Hernandez · United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 610 v. Scott
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““A violation of 42 U.S.C. s 1985 (3) is cognizable only for conspiracies motivated by some class-based, invidiously discriminatory animus.... Plaintiff, who avers that he is a white male of German origin, alleges no such class-based discrimination, and dismissal of the § 1985(3) claims is therefore required.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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