Prescott v. Pritchett

BEATTY, Justice.

This Court granted certiorari to consider whether the Court of Civil Appeals, 509 So.2d 222, was correct in holding that these petitioners were liable in plaintiff’s action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which reads:

“Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an…