· 2/21/1822
Browder v. McArthur
Citations
- 20 U.S. 58
- 5 L. Ed. 397
- 7 Wheat. 58
- 1822 U.S. LEXIS 257
How courts have described this case
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- “[N]either a State nor its officials acting in their official capacities are ‘persons’ under § 1983.”
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