Whitner v. Davis

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• the University and the Board of Regents are not “persons” within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 1983
• where complaint “plainly indicates” plaintiff intends to invoke certain statute, 6 failure to cite statute in complaint “is of no consequence”
• state college not a “person”

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