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

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Schwartz, Martin A., author.

Contributor:

Markarian, Kris, editor.

Federal Judicial Center, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State action (Civil rights)--United States.

State action (Civil rights).

Actions and defenses--United States.

Actions and defenses.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 389 pages)

Edition:

Third edition.

Manufacture:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Government Printing Office

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Federal Judicial Center, 2014.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Title from title screen (viewed on Dec. 31, 2014).

Other Format:

Print version: Schwartz, Martin A., Section 1983 litigation.

OCLC:

893480431