Legal Opinion
Lake v. Arnold
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 2, 1997No. 96-3412PublishedCited by 159 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
MANSMANN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from the dismissal of civil rights claims pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) presents a question of first impression for us: whether a plaintiffs status as a mentally retarded female1 places her within a cognizable class entitled to protection under 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3). We must also determine whether the plaintiffs’ allegations of state action for purposes of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 are sufficient to withstand the defendants’ motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim. Because we are convinced that the plaintiffs have succeeded in stating a…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Great American Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. NovotnySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by159 opinions
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- Stevenson v. CarrollCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2007
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- Lake v. ArnoldCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
- Lake v. ArnoldCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
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