Legal Opinion
Anthony Della Grotta v. State of Rhode Island
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 17, 1986No. 85-1214PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
The State of Rhode Island appeals from a jury verdict in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island awarding plaintiff Anthony Della Grotta $14,000 against the State for alleged deprivation of his civil rights. We hold that the State has waived its eleventh amendment immunity and is otherwise a suable “person” within 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Because there was lacking any evidence that any deprivation of Della Grotta’s civil rights was caused by a “policy or custom” of the State, however, we also hold that the district court should have allowed…
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