HOSTROP v. BD. OF JR. COLLEGE DIST. NO. 515 523 F.2d 569 (1975) Richard W. HOSTROP,
Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOARD OF JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT NO. 515, COUNTIES OF …

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Recent Supreme Court decisions have severely handicapped civil rights litigation brought
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1 This statute provides: Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation,
custom, or usage, of any State or Territory, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of …