Mansour v. New Jersey

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that Arizona DOC was an “arm of the State” and not a “person” under § 1983
• holding that “arms 13 of the State” are not “persons” that may be sued under § 1983
• “[A] state is not a ‘person’ for 13 purposes of section 1983. Likewise[,] ‘arms of the State’ . . . are not ‘persons’ under section 14 1983.”
• “[A] state is not a ‘person’ for 14 purposes of section 1983. Likewise[,] ‘arms of the State’ such as the Arizona Department 15 of Corrections are not ‘persons’ under section 1983.”
• no employment relationship because \inmate labor belongs to the institution\
• no employment relationship because “inmate labor belongs to the institution”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).