Section 1983 Litigation/TOC

Section 1983 Litigation Table of Contents

Introduction to § 1983 Litigation
*Constitutional Claims Against Federal Officials: The Bivens* Doctrine**
Elements of Claim, Functional Role, Pleading, and Jurisdiction
Section 1983 Plaintiffs
Constitutional Rights Enforceable Under § 1983
Enforcement of Federal Statutes Under § 1983
Color of State Law and State Action
Section 1983 Defendants
Causation
Capacity of Claim: Individual Versus Official Capacity
Municipal Liability
Liability of Supervisors
Relationship Between Individual and Municipal Liability
State Liability: The Eleventh Amendment
Personal-Capacity Claims: Absolute Immunities
Personal Liability: Qualified Immunity
Exhaustion of State Remedies
Preclusion Defenses
Statute of Limitations
Survivorship and Wrongful Death
Abstention Doctrines
Monetary Relief
Attorneys’ Fees

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