· 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
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- “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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