TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schwartz,Martin A.
AU  - Urbonya,Kathryn R.
ED  - Federal Judicial Center
TI  - Section 1983 litigation
AV  - KF1325.C58 S37 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Washington, DC (One Columbus Circle, N.E., Washington 20002-8003)
PB  - Federal Judicial Center
KW  - State action Civil rights
KW  - United States
KW  - Local
KW  - Actions and defenses
N1  - Shipping list no.: 2008-0436-P; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction to [section] 1983 litigation -- Elements of claim, functional role, pleading, and jurisdiction -- Section 1983 plaintiffs -- Constitutional rights enforceable under section 1983 -- Enforcement of federal statutes under [section] 1983 -- Section 1983 defendants -- Color of state law and state action -- Causation -- Capacity of claim: Individual versus official capacity -- Municipal liability -- Supervisory liability -- Relationship between individual and municipal liability -- State liability: The Eleventh Amendment -- Personal capacity claims: Absolute immunities -- Personal liability: Qualified immunity -- Exhaustion of state remedies -- Preclusion defenses -- Statute of limitations -- Survivorship and wrongful death -- Abstention doctrines -- Monetary relief -- Attorneys' fees; Also available via Internet from the FJC web site. Address as of 10/6/08: http://www.fjc.gov/public/pdf.nsf/lookup/sec19832.pdf/file/sec19832.pdf; current access available via PURL
UR  - http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS103539
ER  -