Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Chesapeake Western Railway v. Tax Commissioner
Chesapeake W. Ry. v. Tax Comm’r, 503 U.S. 966 (1992)
- 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.