Leroy H. Johnson, Jr. v. Alex Rodriguez, Etc.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[i]t is settled beyond peradventure, however, that neither a state agency nor a state official acting in his official capacity may be sued for damages in a § 1983 action”
• stating that “[i]t is settled beyond peradventure . . . that neither a state agency nor a state official acting in his official capacity may be sued for damages in a section 1983 action”
• adopting Massachusetts’ three-year personal injury statute of limitations for claims arising under section 1981
• “Section 1983, after all, applies only to improper action under color of state law — and is, therefore, an irrelevancy in the case of [ ] a private institution.”
• “[N]either a state agency nor a state official acting in his [or her] official capacity may be sued for damages in a section 1983 action.”
• “[N]either a state agency nor a state official acting in his official capacity may be sued for damages in a section 1983 action.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).