Can a plaintiff sue for damages under Section 1985(3) of the Civil Rights Act?
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The following excerpt is from Bennett v. Cnty. of Shasta, No. 2:15-cv-01764-MCE-CMK (E.D. Cal. 2016):
so injured or deprived may have an action for the recovery of damages...against any one or more of the conspirators." Liability under 1985(3) requires proof of "some racial, or perhaps otherwise class-based, invidiously discriminatory animus behind the conspirators' action." Griffin v. Brekenridge, 403 U.S. 88, 102 (1971).
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