Supreme Court· 6/28/1985

Kentucky v. Graham

Citations

473 U.S. 159
105 S. Ct. 3099
87 L. Ed. 2d 114
1985 U.S. LEXIS 86
53 U.S.L.W. 4966

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concluding that an official-capacity suit against a judge who presided over state-court litigation was barred by the Eleventh Amendment
holding that claims against officials in their official capacity are effectively claims against the entity that employs them
holding that suits against state officials in their official capacities should be treated as suits against the State
holding that claims for damages against a state officer acting in his official capacity are barred by the Eleventh Amendment
holding that a claim against a state agent in his official capacity should be treated as a suit against the state entity
holding that “a municipality cannot be made liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on a 12 respondeat superior basis”

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Judges: Marshall

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