Higgin v. Johnson

How courts have described this case

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

• “[C]hildren in state custody have a constitutional right not to be placed in a foster home where the state knows or suspects that the children may be subject to sexual or other abuse.”
• \State law violations do not form the basis for imposing § 1983 liablity.\
• \State law violations do not form the basis for imposing § 1983 liability.\
• “[A] violation of state law— even assuming one occurred in this case—does not per se make a state actor liable under § 1983. State law violations do not form the basis for imposing § 1983 liability.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).