Bartley Braden v. Texas a & M University System, Etc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that because Section 1983 has no statute of limitations period, federal courts apply the state prescription statute governing the most analogous cause of action
• \If the State had merely breached a contract with [plaintiff] he would have no cause of action under Section 1983.\
• “If the State merely breached a contract with [plaintiff] he would have no cause of action under Section 1983”
• \federal courts apply the state law statute of limitations governing an analogous state cause of action\
• “Section 1983 liability is imposed for subjecting a person to the deprivation of rights secured by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, not for breach of contract.”
• “Just as Section 1983 does not create a cause of action for every state- action tort, it does not make a federal case out of every breach of contract by a state agency.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).