Supervisory Liability in Section 1983 Cases

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Kit Kinports

Penn State Law (University Park)

Date Written: 1999

Abstract

The topic of this presentation is supervisory liability in Section 1983 cases. Assume for present purposes that a plaintiff's constitutional rights have been violated - that some state official has acted in violation of the Constitution. The question to be addressed here is whether that state official's supervisors can be held liable for damages stemming from the constitutional violation.

Suggested Citation

Kinports, Kit, Supervisory Liability in Section 1983 Cases (1999). Touro Law Review, Vol. 15, No. 1657, 1999, Penn State Law Research Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2719656

Kit Kinports (Contact Author)

Penn State Law (University Park) ( email )

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University Park, PA 16802
United States

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