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United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 610 v. Scott

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided July 5, 1983No. 82-486PublishedCited by 1,337 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice White

This case concerns the scope of the cause of action made available by 42 U. S. C. §1985(3) (1976 ed., Supp. V)* to those injured by conspiracies formed “for the purpose of depriving, either directly or indirectly, any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws.”

A. A. Cross Construction Co., Inc. (Cross), contracted with the Department of the Army to construct the Alligator Bayou Pumping Station and Gravity Drainage Structure on the Taylor Bayou Hurricane Levee near Port Arthur, Tex. In accordance with its usual…

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