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· 10/9/1979

Pilson v. Bordenkircher

Citations

  • 444 U.S. 1
  • 100 S. Ct. 7
  • 62 L. Ed. 2d 1
  • 1979 U.S. LEXIS 149

How courts have described this case

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

  • “Conduct by persons acting under color of state law which is 2 wrongful under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ... cannot be immunized by state law.”
  • \The requirements of International Shoe . . . must be met as to each defendant over whom a . . . court exercises jurisdiction.\
  • “[D]ecedent’s death is too remote a consequence of the [ ] officers’ action to hold them responsible under the federal civil rights law.”

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