Third Circuit· 5/15/1997

Lake v. Arnold

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112 F.3d 682

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noting that a claim under § 1985(3) requires a plaintiff to allege a “conspiracy . . . motivated by a racial or class based discriminatory animus” and “an act in furtherance of the conspiracy”
“[T]he reach of section 1985(3) is limited to private conspiracies predicated on racial, or perhaps otherwise class based, invidiously discriminatory animus.” (internal quotations omitted)
“[T]he reach of section 1985(3) is limited to private conspiracies predicated on racial, or perhaps otherwise class based, invidiously discriminatory animus.” (internal quotations omitted)
“The Supreme Court clarified that the reach of section 1985(3) is limited to private conspiracies predicated on ‘racial, or perhaps otherwise class based, invidiously discriminatory animus.’”
given that “the reach of section 1985(3) is not fixed at any given point in time, we cannot conclude, in light of these statements by Congress and research compiled by academicians, that the mentally retarded are excluded from section 1985(3) protection.”

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