Section 1983 litigation
By: Martin A. Schwartz, Kathryn R. Urbonya.
Contributors: Urbonya, Kathryn R., 1953-; Federal Judicial Center.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Federal Judicial Center
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, DC (One Columbus Circle, N.E., Washington 20002-8003)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: State action (Civil rights) -- United States.; Actions and defenses -- United States.
Notes: Shipping list no.: 2008-0436-P.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to [section] 1983 litigation; title: 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: Section 1983 defendants; title: Color of state law and state action; title: Causation; title: Capacity of claim: Individual versus official capacity; title: Municipal liability; title: Supervisory liability; 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; title: Preclusion defenses; title: Statute of limitations; title: Survivorship and wrongful death; title: Abstention doctrines; title: Monetary relief; title: Attorneys' fees.