Legal Opinion
Moor v. County of Alameda
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 18, 1973No. 72-10PublishedCited by 1,303 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
This case raises three distinct questions concerning the scope of federal jurisdiction. We are called upon to decide whether a federal cause of action lies against a municipality under 42 U. S. C. §§ 1983 and 1988 for the actions of its officers which violate an individual’s federal civil rights where the municipality is subject to such liability under state law. In addition, we must decide whether, in a federal civil rights suit brought against a municipality’s police officers, a federal court may refuse to exercise pendent jurisdiction over a state law claim against the municipality based…
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