Unlike federal and state governments, American cities have no set place in the American
constitutional structure. Consequently, courts and commentators have been able to define …

On the occasion of his thirty-first anniversary on the federal bench, this article is respect-fully
dedicated to Judge Roszel C. Thomsen, Senior Judge of the United States District Court for …

Ever since the birth of constitutional tort in Monroe v. Pape, courts have recognized that
many harms inflicted by government may amount to constitutional violations as well as …

O VER a century ago, the Forty-Second Congress of the United States enacted section 1 of
the Civil Rights Act of 1871" to enforce the Provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the …

In Monell v. Department of Social Services' the Supreme Court held that municipalities can
be sued under section 1983 of Title 42.2 This decision transformed section 1983 into a …

42 US C section 1983 was drafted to provide afederalforum for litigants who Congressfeared
might not receive substantialJusticefrom a state court The implementing statute for the full …

BEGG v. MOFFITT 555 F.Supp. 1344 (1983) Richard R. BEGG, Plaintiff, v. G. Joe MOFFITT,
Director of Public Safety of the City of Park Ridge, Herman Spahr, City Manager of the City of …

When a nominee to the United States Supreme Court asserts her belief that the appropriate
role for the courts is to" interpret and apply" and not" make" the law, certainly those with more …

Principles of federalism and the proper ordering of state and federal relations have long
directed the United States Supreme Court's approach to federal litigation., The Court …

JACKSON v. INHABITANTS OF TOWN OF SEARSPORT 456 A.2d 852 (1983) Hervey
JACKSON v. INHABITANTS OF the TOWN OF SEARSPORT et al. [*] Supreme Judicial Court of …