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Draft Of The Incoherence Of Intentional Torts And Section 1983 - 1986, Wendy J. Gordon Jul 1986

Draft Of The Incoherence Of Intentional Torts And Section 1983 - 1986, Wendy J. Gordon

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The Supreme Court has often faced the question of whether a person who alleges that a state or local official has caused him injury, can bring a constitutional tort action under section 1983 when the state doctrine of sovereign or official immunity makes it impossible for the injured person to prosecute an ordinary tort suit in the relevant state court.