Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Chesapeake Western Railway v. Tax Commissioner

503 U.S. 966

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1992-03-30
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • attorney acting as representative of client, where both alleged to have abused court system, found not to be state actor
  • “kind of class-based animus contemplated by sec­tion 1985(3) does not include discrimination against classes defined by economic status or activity”
  • "kind of class-based animus contemplated by section 1985(3) does not include discrimination against classes defined by economic status or activity"
  • no right to a jury trial attaches to claims brought against a foreign state

Citator

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Authority status
pending
Cited by
53 opinions

C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice White and Justice O’Connor would grant certiorari.