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  2. Monell v. Department of Social Services of the City of New York

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    Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 (1978), is an opinion given by the United States Supreme Court in which the Court overruled Monroe v. Pape by holding that a local government is a "person" subject to suit under Section 1983 of Title 42 of the United States Code: Civil action for deprivation of rights. [1]

  3. Pierson v. Ray - Wikipedia

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    Pierson v. Ray, 386 U.S. 547 (1967), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court first introduced the justification for qualified immunity for police officers from being sued for civil rights violations under Section 1983, by arguing that "[a] policeman's lot is not so unhappy that he must choose between being charged with dereliction of duty if he does not arrest when he had ...

  4. Los Angeles County v. Humphries - Wikipedia

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    Los Angeles County v. Humphries, 562 U.S. 29 (2010), is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that clarified one of the requirements for imposing liability on a municipality for violations of a federal right, in lawsuits brought under Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1983).

  5. Qualified immunity - Wikipedia

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    Some critics have argued that the Supreme Court's creation of qualified immunity amounts to "gutting" [50] Section 1983 of the United States Code, which allows any citizen to sue a public official who deprives them "of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws". [51]

  6. Monroe v. Pape - Wikipedia

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    The case was significant because it held that 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a statutory provision from 1871, could be used to sue state officers who violated a plaintiff's constitutional rights. [3] § 1983 had previously been a relatively obscure and little-used statute, but since Monroe it has become a central part of United States civil rights law.

  7. Will v. Michigan Department of State Police - Wikipedia

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    The Court of Claims, relying on a judgment in Will's favor by the Michigan Civil Service Commission, found that the police department and the director were "persons" within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and that the denial of the promotion was a violation of the Constitution of the United States. Section 1983 provides:

  8. Today in History: Vanessa Williams crowned first black Miss ...

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    Williams made history by becoming the first black woman crowned in the pageant's 63-years. In fact, during Miss America's first 30 years of competition, black women were not even allowed to ...

  9. Parratt v. Taylor - Wikipedia

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    The Court also held that a merely negligent deprivation of property under color of state law was actionable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This holding was mostly overruled by Daniels v. Williams in 1986, which held that a 1983 action only lies for an intentional deprivation of rights.