Legal Opinion
Will v. Michigan Department of State Police
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 15, 1989No. 87-1207PublishedCited by 13,829 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
This case presents the question whether a State, or an official of the State while acting in his or her official capacity, is a “person” within the meaning of Rev. Stat. § 1979, 42 U. S. C. § 1983.
Petitioner Ray Will filed suit in Michigan Circuit Court alleging various violations of the United States and Michigan Constitutions as grounds for a claim under §1983.1 He alleged that he had been denied a promotion to a data systems analyst position with the Department of State Police for an improper reason, that is, because his brother had been a student activist and the subject of a “red squad”…
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- Wells v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989
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