WARD v. CONNOR

No. 80-1336.

657 F.2d 45 (1981)

Thomas Joseph WARD, Appellant, v. Ken CONNOR, Sr.; Thomas James Ward; Mary Ward; Marty Ward; Robert S. Mandelkorn; Eugenia Mandelkorn; Lyle Moiser; Lawrence V. Conroy; Joan Conroy; John Conroy; Mary Conroy; Mary Carol Williams; Alan Tate Wood; Dee Anderson; Father Marty O'Rourke; Ted Morgan; Rose Morgan, Appellees, and Maureen Winifred Ward; Arlene Doe; Ken Connor, Jr.; Phil Doe; John Doe; Richard Roe; Mary Roe; Judy Kimes; Reverend Dean; Marty Berg; Father Martin Conroy; Jeff Yeslein; Jack McConeghy; Betty McConeghy; Jo Munchouer and Sister Maria Victoria, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 10, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Harrison, Norfolk, Va., for appellant.

R. Barrow Blackwell, Norfolk, Va. (Donnell P. Davis, Furniss, Davis & Rashkind, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH and FIELD, Senior Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.


FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge:

Upon this appeal we are asked to decide whether 42 U.S.C. § 1985(c) affords redress for injuries allegedly resulting from a private conspiracy actively engaged in interference with the plaintiff's religious beliefs.

Thomas Joseph Ward, a 28 year old member of the Unification Church, charged in his complaint that while en route to an airport to begin a trip from Virginia to New York, he was kidnapped, held captive, and subjected...

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