Document Type
Article Draft
Publication Date
7-8-1986
Language
en-US
Abstract
The Supreme Court has often faced the question of whether a person who alleges that a state or local official has caused him injury, can bring a constitutional tort action under section 1983 when the state doctrine of sovereign or official immunity makes it impossible for the injured person to prosecute an ordinary tort suit in the relevant state court.
Recommended Citation
Wendy J. Gordon, Draft of the Incoherence of Intentional Torts and Section 1983 (July 8, 1986) (unpublished manuscript).
