Legal Opinion
Ngiraingas v. Sanchez
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 24, 1990No. 88-1281PublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
delivered the opinion of the Court. †
In this case we must decide whether a Territory or an officer of the Territory acting in his or her official capacity is a “person” within the meaning of 42 U. S. C. § 1983 (1982 ed.).
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Petitioners Alex Ngiraingas, Oscar Ongklungel, Jimmy Moses, Arthur Mechol, Jonas Ngeheed, and Bolandis Ngiraingas filed suit in the District Court of Guam, alleging numerous constitutional violations and seeking damages under § 1983.1 The named defendants were the Government of Guam, the Guam Police Department, the Director of the Police Department in her official capacity,…
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