Can a plaintiff bring a discrimination claim under the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause or/or Section 1981?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Burgis v., Docket No. 14-1640 (2nd Cir. 2015):
To state a discrimination claim under the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause and/or 1981, plaintiffs must sufficiently allege that defendants acted with discriminatory intent. Gen. Bldg. Contractors Ass'n v. Pennsylvania, 458 U.S. 375, 391 (1982). Here, plaintiffs fail to allege in other than conclusory fashion any specific instances of
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