Constitutional litigation under [Section] 1983
By: Mark R. Brown, Newton D. Baker/Baker & Hostetler Chair, Capital University Law School; Kit Kinports, Professor of Law & Polisher Family Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Pennsylvania State University, The Dickinson School of Law
Contributors: Kinports, Kit., author
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: LexisNexis; Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New Providence, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 573
ISBN-13: 9780769892764; 9780769892757; 9780769891255
Subjects: State action (Civil rights); Cases; Constitutional torts; Government litigation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Official liability for constitutional wrongs; title: Official immunities; title: Sovereign immunity; title: Local liability; title: The relationship between State and Federal law in section 1983 litigation; title: Remerdies under [Section] 1983; title: Federal abstention in favor of State proceedings; title: Prior and parallel State proceedings; title: Attorney's fees.