§ 1983. Civil action for deprivation of rights
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Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, 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 action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer’s judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable.
For the purposes of this section, any Act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a statute of the District of Columbia.
(R.S. § 1979; Pub. L. 96–170, § 1, Dec. 29, 1979, 93 Stat. 1284; Pub. L. 104–317, title III, § 309(c), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3853.)
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- Public Law 104–133To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to extend for two months the authority for promulgating regulations under the Act
- Public Law 96–170To permit civil suits under section 1979 of the Revised Statutes (42 U
- Public Law 96–247To authorize actions for redress in cases involving deprivations of rights of institutionalized persons secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States
- Public Law 105–32Waiving certain enrollment requirements with respect to two specified bills of the One Hundred Fifth Congress
- Public Law 96–169To provide for participation of the United States in the International Energy Exposition to be held in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1982, and for other purposes
- Public Law 94–369To authorize a local public works capital development and investment program, to establish an antirecessionary program, and for other purposes
- Public Law 105–276Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes
- Public Law 104–317To make improvements in the operation and administration of the Federal courts, and for other purposes
- Proclamation 5200
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- Pub. L. 96–170, § 1
- 93 Stat. 1284
- Pub. L. 104–317, title III, § 309(c)
- 110 Stat. 3853
- act Apr. 20, 1871, ch. 22, § 1
- 17 Stat. 13
- section 43 of Title 8
- Pub. L. 104–317
- Pub. L. 96–170
- section 3 of Pub. L. 96–170
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Civil action for deprivation of rights
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 96–170, § 1
Stat.93 Stat. 1284
Pub. L.Pub. L. 104–317, title III, § 309(c)
Stat.110 Stat. 3853
Actact Apr. 20, 1871, ch. 22, § 1
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