Research Catalog

Title

Section 1983 litigation in a nutshell / by Michael G. Collins.

Author

Collins, Michael G.

Publication

St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, ©2011.

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Details

Description

lix, 437 pages; 19 cm.

Series Statement

West nutshell series

Uniform Title

Nutshell series

Alternative Title

Section 1983 litigation

Subject

• State action (Civil rights) > United States
• State action (Civil rights)
• United States

Genre/Form

• examination study guides.
• Study guides.
• Guides de l'étudiant.

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Introduction -- Monroe and the modern 1983 action -- Parratt and the scope of due process -- Excessive force, private violence, and 1983 -- Enforcing rights under federal "laws" through 1983 -- Municipal liability -- State sovereign immunity -- Personal immunities -- Damages and 1983 -- Injunctions and declaratory relief -- Attorney's fees -- Choice of law and 1983 -- Section 1983 in the state courts -- Preclusion and 1983 -- Abstention and related doctrines -- Habeas Corpus and prisoner litigation -- Bivens and federal officer liability -- Jurisdiction and procedure.

Contents

Monroe and the modern [sec.] 1983 action -- Parratt and the scope of due process -- Excessive force, private violence, and [sec.] 1983 -- Enforcing rights under federal "laws" through [sec.] 1983 -- Municipal liability -- State sovereign immunity -- Personal immunities -- Damages and [sec.] 1983 -- Injunctions and declaratory relief -- Attorney's fees -- Choice of law and [sec.] 1983 -- Section 1983 in the state courts -- Preclusion and [sec.] 1983 -- Abstention and related doctrines -- Habeas corpus and prisoner litigation -- Bivens and federal officer liability -- Jurisdiction and procedure.

ISBN

• 9780314920201
• 031492020X

LCCN

2011289230

OCLC

• ocn669262139
• 669262139
• SCSB-1603879

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library