McGovern v. City of Philadelphia

How courts have described this case

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• holding that Section 1981 does not provide a private cause of action for discrimination lawsuits against state governmental units like the City of Philadelphia
• holding that an action under 42 U.SC. 1983 is the exclusive remedy for a violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 by a state actor
• ruling that § 1983 is the sole federal remedy for violations of § 1981
• holding that Congress did not create a remedy against state actors under § 1981
• holding that “the express cause of action for damages created by § 1983 constitutes the exclusive federal remedy for violation of the rights guaranteed in § 1981 by state governmental units.”
• explaining that § 1983 provides “the exclusive remedy for violations of § 1981 by state actors”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).