Demetrius P. Traggis v. St. Barbara's Greek Orthodox Church

PIERCE, Circuit Judge:

The question presented in this appeal from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Robert C. Zampano, Judge, is whether the federal civil rights conspiracy statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1985, provides a remedy for injuries resulting from an alleged private conspiracy to deprive persons of the equal protection of the public accommodations provision of the Connecticut Human Rights and Opportunities Act, Conn.Gen. Stat. § 46a-64.

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St. Barbara’s Greek Orthodox Church (“St. Barbara’s”) is an ecclesiastical corporation organized and…