Legal Opinion
Begg v. Moffitt
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 7, 1983No. 82 C 2693PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PRENTICE H. MARSHALL, District Judge.
Since its enactment as § 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976) has played a critical role in protecting citizens against violations of their constitutional rights by persons acting under color of state law. 1 The Supreme Court has written that the original version of § 1983
was enacted for the express purpose of “enforcpng] the Provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment.” 17 Stat. 13. The predecessor of § 1983 was thus an important part of the basic alteration in our federal system wrought in the Reconstruction era through…
2Cases cited191 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by41 opinions
- William C. Bigby, and Maurice Thoele, Intervening v. City of Chicago and Chicago Police DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Spell v. McDanielDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1984
- Davis v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- D'ACQUISTO v. WashingtonDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1986
- Delbra Lee v. County of CookCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
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