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Supervisory Liability In Section 1983 Cases, Kit Kinports

Journal Articles

The topic of this presentation is supervisory liability in Section 1983 cases. Assume for present purposes that a plaintiff's constitutional rights have been violated - that some state official has acted in violation of the Constitution. The question to be addressed here is whether that state official's supervisors can be held liable for damages stemming from the constitutional violation.

A 'Milder Measure Of Villainy': The Unknown History Of 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 And The Meaning Of 'Under Color Of' Law, David J. Achtenberg

Faculty Works

Chapter 42 U.S. C. § 1983, was originally enacted as section 1 of the Ku Klux Act. Not surprisingly, the history of the Ku Klux Act has played an important role in the interpretation of 42 U.S. C. § 1983. Unfortunately, the generally accepted history of the Ku Klux Act is incomplete, distorted, and, in some respects, demonstrably wrong.

The conventional history of the Ku Klux Act is flawed in three respects. First, it omits the first several chapters of the story. The conventional history begins with Grant's March 23, 1871, message to the Forty-second Congress and completely overlooks the …

Supreme Court Section 1983 Developments: October 1998 Term, Martin A. Schwartz

Scholarly Works

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Supreme Court Section 1983 Developments, Martin A. Schwartz

Scholarly Works

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Section 1983 Litigation – Supreme Court Developments, Martin A. Schwartz

Scholarly Works

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Section 1983 In The Second Circuit, Hon. George C. Pratt

Touro Law Review

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