Section 1983 litigation Kris Markarian. / Martin A. Schwartz, Touro Law Center ; legal editor :.

Author/creator Schwartz, Martin A. author.
Other author Markarian, Kris editor.
Other author Federal Judicial Center, issuing body.
Format Electronic
EditionThird edition.
PublicationWashington, DC : Federal Judicial Center, 2014.
Manufacture[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Government Printing Office,
Description1 online resource (xi, 389 pages)
Supplemental Contenthttps://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo54237
Subjects

Contents Introduction to [section] 1983 litigation -- Constitutional claims against federal officials: The Bivens Doctrine -- Section 1983: Elements of claim, functional role, pleading, and jurisdiction -- Section 1983 plaintiffs -- Constitutional rights enforceable under [section] 1983 -- Enforcement of federal statutes under [section] 1983 -- Color of state law and state action -- Section 1983 defendants -- Causation -- Capacity of claim: Individual versus official capacity -- Municipal liability -- Liability of supervisors -- Relationship between individual and municipal liability -- State liability: The Eleventh Amendment -- Personal-capacity claims: Absolute immunities -- Personal liability: Qualified immunity -- Exhaustion of state remedies: Preiser-Heck Doctrine, notice of claim, and ripeness -- Preclusion defenses -- Statute of limitations -- Survivorship and wrongful death -- Abstention doctrines -- Monetary relief -- Attorneys' fees.
General noteTitle from title screen (viewed on Dec. 31, 2014)
General noteGPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Issued in other formPrint version: Schwartz, Martin A., Section 1983 litigation
GPO item number0743-C-01 (online)
Govt. docs number JU 13.2:L 71/3/2014

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