Circuit split · civil rights law
Whether persons with disabilities constitute a protected class under 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3)
1 federal appellate case on this question, each acknowledging the disagreement in its own words.
- Moore v. Parks141 F3D 1177
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · March 17, 1998
“Moore lasted 4 hours and twenty minutes 2 A 75% score is needed for all classes except Pharmacology, which requires an 85% score 3 Furthermore, plaintiff cites no case and makes no argument to support her position that persons with disabilities are covered as a class under § 1985, although there appears to be a circuit split on this issue.” — Acknowledges a circuit split
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The provision at issue
42 U.S.C. § 1985 — Conspiracy to interfere with civil rights
“(1) Preventing officer from performing duties If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire to prevent, by force, intimidation, or threat, any person from accepting or holding any office, trust, or place of confidence under the United States, or from discharging any duties thereof; or to induce by like means any officer of the United States to leave any State, district, or place, where his duties as an officer are required to be performed, or to injure him in his person or property on account of his lawful discharge of the duties …”Read the full section →
The other side of the split
Decisions the acknowledging court(s) named as the opposing or joined side, quoted in the acknowledging opinion's own words.
- Discussed · 3d Cir.W.B. v. Matula67 F.3d 484
What the split turns on
- Statutes:
- 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3)
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