Coverage includes the statute's modern revival in Monroe v. Pape, municipal liability, individual officer and sovereign immunity, excessive force litigation, choice of law, state and federal court jurisdiction, remedies, and attorney's fees, There are also chapters on federal officer liability and the relationship between habeas corpus and section 1983. A helpful tool for practitioners, students, judges, and their clerks, or anyone wishing to get up to speed on this complex, ever-changing topic.

This treatise brings together materials on constitutional law, federal courts, local government law, damges, attorneys' fees, & interpretation of the statute in Section 1983 actions. Numerous relevant forms & litigation checklists are provided in the text.

This volume examines the attorney's fees stage of a Section 1983 case. Attorney's fees are of immense practical importance to litigants and attorneys involved in state or federal litigation, especially concerning claims in which congressional fee-shifting statutory provisions apply. Since you could win or lose considerably more for your client in the attorney's fee stage of the case than in the underlying case, you'll need this guide to stay on top of the latest developments on attorney's fees, and to argue your positions more effectively. This volume shows you everything on seeking or opposing attorney's fees under Section 1983. You can easily use the information to evaluate statutory fee issues arising in other similar federal fee-shifting statutes. Also available as part of the Section 1983 Litigation Complete Six-Volume Set.

This volume provides specific definitions explanations, case citations, checklists, and tactical insights into using Section 1983 in the state courts. Pleading requirements, state justiciability requirements, administrative remedies, immunities, damages, removal, attorney fees and state claims are examined in detail.