The Oyez Project: Civil Rights Issues - Liability Decisions

Albright v. Oliver - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 24 Jan 1994 12:00:00 -0500

Can a citizen prosecuted without probable cause obtain relief under 42 U.S.C. 1983 for the deprivation of substantive due process rights?

Allen v. Mccurry - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 09 Dec 1980 12:00:00 -0500

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Briscoe v. Lahue - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 07 Mar 1983 12:00:00 -0500

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Burns v. Reed - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 30 May 1991 12:00:00 -0500

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Canton v. Harris - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 28 Feb 1989 12:00:00 -0500

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Carey v. Piphus - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 21 Mar 1978 12:00:00 -0500

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City of Rancho Palos Verdes v. Abrams - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:00:00 -0500

May people whose rights guaranteed by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 are violated seek remedies other than those allowed by the act?

Collins v. City Of Harker Heights, Texas - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 26 Feb 1992 12:00:00 -0500

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Correctional Services Corp. v. Malesko - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Should the implied private action for damages against federal officers alleged to have violated a citizen's constitutional rights, first recognized in Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents, 403 U.S. 388, be extended to allow recovery against a private corporation operating a halfway house under contract with the Bureau of Prisons?

Dennis v. Higgins - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 20 Feb 1991 12:00:00 -0500

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Domino's Pizza v. McDonald - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:00:00 -0500

May a person who is not a party to a contract but suffers personal injuries from its termination sue under 42 U.S.C. Section 1981, claiming that the contract was terminated because of race?

Flagg Bros., Inc. v. Brooks - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 15 May 1978 12:00:00 -0500

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Forrester v. White - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 12 Jan 1988 12:00:00 -0500

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Golden State Transit Corp. v. Los Angeles - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 05 Dec 1989 12:00:00 -0500

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Heck v. Humphrey - Opinion Announcement

Fri, 24 Jun 1994 12:00:00 -0500

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Hill v. McDonough - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:00:00 -0500

Is a prisoner's challenge to a particular form of execution - but not to the execution sentence itself - the practical equivalent of a federal habeas corpus petition and therefore barred if the prisoner has already sought habeas review?

Imbler v. Pachtman - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 02 Mar 1976 12:00:00 -0500

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Kalina v. Fletcher - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 10 Dec 1997 12:00:00 -0500

Does the doctrine of absolute prosecutorial immunity protect a prosecutor for making false statements of fact in an affidavit supporting an application for an arrest warrant against a damages remedy under 42 USC section 1983?

Kolstad v. American Dental Association - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 22 Jun 1999 12:00:00 -0500

Does an employer's conduct have to be "egregious" or "outrageous," independent of its state of mind, in order to sustain an award of punitive damages under Title II of the 1964 Civil Rights Act?

Kush v. Rutledge - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 04 Apr 1983 12:00:00 -0500

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Monell v. New York City Dept. Of Social Services - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 06 Jun 1978 12:00:00 -0500

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Muhammad v. Close - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Does the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Heck v. Humphrey (1994) require that prisoners who challenge prison disciplinary proceedings - but whose suits do not question their sentences' validity - first successfully challenge their sentences?

Nelson v. Campbell - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 24 May 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Is a prisoner's appeal of the proposed procedure for his execution functionally equivalent to a habeas corpus petition and therefore barred by Title 28, Section 2254 of U.S. Code?

Ngiraingas v. Sanchez - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 24 Apr 1990 12:00:00 -0500

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Owens v. Okure - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 10 Jan 1989 12:00:00 -0500

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Paul v. Davis - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 23 Mar 1976 12:00:00 -0500

Did the distribution of the flyer violate Davis's right to privacy and liberty under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?

Procunier v. Navarette - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 22 Feb 1978 12:00:00 -0500

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Smith v. Wade - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 20 Apr 1983 12:00:00 -0500

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Springfield v. Kibbe - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 25 Feb 1987 12:00:00 -0500

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Stump v. Sparkman - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 28 Mar 1978 12:00:00 -0500

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United States v. Morrison - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 15 May 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does Congress have the authority to enact the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 under either the Commerce Clause or Fourteenth Amendment?

West v. Gibson - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 14 Jun 1999 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission possess the legal authority to require federal agencies to pay compensatory damages when they discriminate in employment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Wyatt v. Cole - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 18 May 1992 12:00:00 -0500

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Zinermon v. Burch - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 27 Feb 1990 12:00:00 -0500

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