Section 1983 litigation
By: Martin A. Schwartz, Touro Law Center ; legal editor : Kris Markarian
Contributors: Markarian, Kris, editor; Federal Judicial Center
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: Federal Judicial Center
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 389
Subjects: State action (Civil rights); Actions and defenses
Notes: Title from title screen (viewed on Dec. 31, 2014)

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to [section] 1983 litigation; title: Constitutional claims against federal officials: The Bivens Doctrine; title: Section 1983: Elements of claim, functional role, pleading, and jurisdiction; title: Section 1983 plaintiffs; title: Constitutional rights enforceable under [section] 1983; title: Enforcement of federal statutes under [section] 1983; title: Color of state law and state action; title: Section 1983 defendants; title: Causation; title: Capacity of claim: Individual versus official capacity; title: Municipal liability; title: Liability of supervisors; title: Relationship between individual and municipal liability; title: State liability: The Eleventh Amendment; title: Personal-capacity claims: Absolute immunities; title: Personal liability: Qualified immunity; title: Exhaustion of state remedies: Preiser-Heck Doctrine, notice of claim, and ripeness; title: Preclusion defenses; title: Statute of limitations; title: Survivorship and wrongful death; title: Abstention doctrines; title: Monetary relief; title: Attorneys' fees.