Case Name: Jefferson, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Jefferson, Deceased, et al. v. City of Tarrant, Alabama
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1997-03-31
Citations: 520 U.S. 1154
Docket Number: No. 96-957
Parties: Jefferson, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Jefferson, Deceased, et al. v. City of Tarrant, Alabama.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 520
Pages: 1154–1154

Head Matter:
No. 96-957.
Jefferson, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Jefferson, Deceased, et al. v. City of Tarrant, Alabama.

Opinion:
Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari granted limited to the following question: "Whether, when a decedent's death is alleged to have resulted from a deprivation of federal rights occurring in Alabama, the Alabama Wrongful Death Act, Ala. Code §6-5-410 (1993), governs the recovery by the representative of the decedent's estate under 42 U. S. C. § 1983?"