Wahad v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a state constitutional action cannot lie when § 1983 provides an alternative remedy for the plaintiff
• noting that “the existence of alternative damage remedies under Section 1983 obviates the need to imply a private right of action under the State Due Process Clause”
• denying recovery under state constitution’s due process clause where plaintiff has alternative remedy under § 1983
• “Section 1983 need not provide the exact same standard of relief in order to provide an adequate remedy”
• a state constitutional action is obviated when alternative damages remedies exist pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983
• “Section 1983 need not provide the exact same standard of relief in order to provide an adequate remedy that would vindicate Plaintiff’s due process claims.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).