Legal Opinion
Stella STATHOS, Et Al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Russell E. BOWDEN, Et Al., Defendants, Appellants
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 22, 1984No. 82-1777PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Stella Stathos and Gloria Bailey sued the Peabody Municipal Lighting Commission (a governmental body) and several of its elected Commissioners, charging discrimination on the basis of sex. Plaintiffs claimed that the defendants’ actions violated both 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which makes it unlawful for any person acting under color of state law to deprive “any citizen ... of any rights ... secured by the Constitution ...,” and 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3), which forbids “two or more persons” to “conspire ... for the purpose of depriving ... any person ... of the equal…
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