East Mississippi State Hosp. v. Callens

How courts have described this case

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• holding that state officials can be sued in their personal or individual capacities under Section 1983
• overruling Hood to the extent it denies a discharged state employee the right to assert appropriated Section 1983 claims against state officials in their personal or individual capacities
• complaint did not specify whether plaintiff was suing parties in their individual versus official capacity pursuant to M.R.C.P. 9(a)

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