...embodying that part of section 2 of the Ku Klux Act which punished conspiracies to deprive an individual or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws or to hinder state authorities in giving or securing equal protection.48 The twenty defendants in the...

...the defendants did (1) "conspire or go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another" (2) "for the purpose of depriving, either directly or...equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws." It must then assert that one or more of the conspirators (3) did, or...

...in any State or Territory conspire or go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another, for the purpose of depriving, either directly or indirectly,...equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws; or for the purpose of preventing or hindering the constituted authorities...

...readily fall under the familiar terms of "two or more persons [who] conspire or go in disguise . . . for the purpose of depriving, either directly or indirectly,...class of persons of the equal protection of the laws." Rut the turn of genius came in the choice of statutes: Lenzner would not have the US attorney seek...

...redress for victims of the Ku Klux Klan imposed a civil penalty on those who conspired to deprive another person or class of persons of "the 'equal protection of the laws or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws." The Fair Housing Act of 1968 created a civil cause of action in favor...

...of 1871 contains a conspiracy section that provides in pertinent part: "(3) If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire ... for the purpose...equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws, or for the purpose of preventing or hindering the constituted authorities...

...vulnerable groups to enjoy an equal right to live under the rule of law. It prohibits conspiracies "for the purpose of depriving, either directly or...equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws; or for the purpose of preventing or hindering the constituted authorities...

...in any State or Territory conspire or go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another, for the purpose of depriving, either directly or indirectly,...of persons of the equal protection of the laws, or ufrqoal privileges and immuuities under the laws, or for the purpose uf preventing ui (nmiering the...

...Reconstruction era civil rights law. That statute has two relevant provisions. The first prohibits conspiracies 'for the purpose of depriving, either directly or...class of persons of the equal protection of the laws.' Moat of the abortion- related Section 1985(3! litigation emphasized this clause. In Brav v. fl«»«nAri«...

...Reconstruction era civil rights law. That statute has two relevant provisions. The first prohibit* conspiracies "for the purpose of depriving, either directly or...or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws.1 Most of the abortion-related Section 1985(3) litigation emphasized this clause. In Brav v. alax«ndri»...