Official liability : immunity under section 1983 /

Official liability : immunity under section 1983 /

The defense of immunity which protects public officials from personal liability in federal civil rights suits, and the government from monetary liability, is discussed. This report is based on an examination of case law through June 1979. It is limited in scope to the immunity defense to damages lia...

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Corporate Author: National Association of Attorneys General. Committee on the Office of Attorney General
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Raleigh : The Committee, 1979.
Subjects:
Administrative responsibility > United States.
Administrative responsibility > United States > States.
State action (Civil rights) > United States.
Administrative responsibility.
Administrative responsibility > U.S. states.
State action (Civil rights)
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. State sovereign immunity : the Eleventh Amendment
  • 3. Legislative immunity
  • 4. Judicial immunity
  • 5. Prosecutorial immunity
  • 6. Executive qualified immunity
  • 7. Qualified immunity : unresolved issues
  • 8. Municipal immunity
  • 9. Conclusion
  • Table of cases.

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