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· 7/15/1890

State ex rel. Hyman, Lichtenstein & Co. v. Lewis

Citations

  • 42 La. 847

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that a county election board’s failure to follow its internal rules was not a federally protected right, so the due process claim failed
  • “Section 1983 provides a cause of action for deprivation of federal, and not state, rights.”
  • “Section 1983 provides a cause of action for deprivation of federal, and not state, rights.”
  • “Section 1983 provides a cause of action for deprivation of federal, and not state, rights.”
  • “Section 1983 provides a cause of action for deprivation of federal, and not state, rights.”
  • “[T]he failure to follow state law procedures is not equivalent to a federal constitutional injury.” (citing Tallman)

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Judges: Bermudez

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