Philip Carchman and Marilyn R. Carchman v. The Korman Corporation

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal we must decide whether tenant organizers of a large luxury apartment complex may constitute a class protected by 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3) (1976) against conspiracies founded upon a “class-based, invidiously discriminatory animus.” See Griffin v. Breckenridge, 403 U.S. 88, 102, 91 S.Ct. 1790, 29 L.Ed.2d 338 (1971). Concluding that the class of tenant organizers is beyond the reach of the statute, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

The appellants, Philip and Marilyn Carchman, were tenants in an apartment complex managed by the…