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· 10/8/1956

McDonald ex rel. Mayfield v. Schneckloth

Citations

  • 352 U.S. 854
  • 1 L. Ed. 2d 64
  • 77 S. Ct. 79
  • 1956 U.S. LEXIS 613

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  • holding that courts as entities are not vulnerable to § 1983 suits, because they are protected by immunity under the Eleventh Amendment
  • “A court is not a ‘person’ within the meaning of the Civil Rights Act.”

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