Legal Opinion
Haefner v. Lancaster County, Pa.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 11, 1981No. Civ. A. 81-0922PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
TROUTMAN, District Judge.
The policies supporting the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 1 include compensating individuals deprived of federal rights by action taken under color of state law. 2 Claims for injury must be presented in a timely fashion. 3 Congress did not establish a federal statute of limitations for actions brought in federal court under Section 1983, and, therefore, the state statute of limitations for the cause of aetion most nearly analogous thereto must be “borrowed”. 4
In the case at bar, plaintiff alleges unlawful arrest, physical and mental…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Haefner v. BurkeySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Gilbert v. FeldDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1992
- Buskirk v. SeipleDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1983
- Brown v. JohnstonDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1987
- Chocallo v. Bureau of Hearings and Appeals, SSADistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1982
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