Lawson v. Bouck’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Edelman v. Jordan · Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · Kentucky v. Graham
Most-quoted passages
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“The trustees argue, and the district court found, that Price’s suit must be against the trustees in their official capacities because the Complaint’s allegations concern the trustees’ conduct while performing their official functions. This argument confuses the capacity in which a defendant is sued with the capacity in which the defendant was acting when the alleged deprivation of rights occurred. The former need not coincide with the latter. Clearly, under § 1983, a plaintiff may sue a state officer in his individual capacity for alleged wrongs committed by the officer in his official capacity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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