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42 U.S.C. ch. 11—Compensation for Disability or Death to Persons Employed at Military, Air, and Naval Bases Outside United States; 42 U.S.C. ch. 12—Compensation for Injury, Death, or Detention of Employees of Contractors with United States Outside United States; 42 U.S.C. ch. 13—School Lunch Programs; 42 U.S.C. ch. 13A—Child Nutrition
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]
Pape, 365 U.S. 167 (1961), was a United States Supreme Court case that considered the application of federal civil rights law to constitutional violations by city employees. 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 ...
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A few volumes of the official 2012 edition of the United States Code. The United States Code (formally the Code of Laws of the United States of America) [1] is the official codification of the general and permanent federal statutes of the United States. [2] It contains 53 titles, which are organized into numbered sections. [3] [4]
US Constitutional Amendment V, 42 U.S. Code § 1983 Goertz , 598 U.S. 230 (2023), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that, when a prisoner pursues state post-conviction DNA testing through the state-provided litigation process, the statute of limitations for a Section 1983 procedural due process claim begins to run ...
The Public Health Service Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1944. [2] The full act is codified in Title 42 of the United States Code (The Public Health and Welfare), Chapter 6A (Public Health Service). [3] This Act provided a legislative basis for the provision of public health services in the United States.
The case was removed to federal court where the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas granted summary judgment for Lago Vista and remanded the case against Waldrop to state court. Rejecting the Title IX claim, the district court ruled that Title IX was “enacted to counter policies of discrimination” and that “only ...