Will v. Michigan Dept. of State Police
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| Will v. Michigan Dept. of State Police | ||||||||||
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| Argued December 5, 1988 Decided June 15, 1989 |
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| Chief Justice: William Rehnquist Associate Justices: William J. Brennan, Jr., Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy |
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| Majority by: White Joined by: Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, and Kennedy Dissent by: Brennan Joined by: Marshall, Blackmun, and Stevens Dissent by: Stevens |
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| Section 1 of the "Ku Klux Act" of April 20, 1871 | ||||||||||
Will v. Michigan Dept. of State Police, was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court, in which the court held that States and their officials acting in their official capacity are not persons under Section 1983.
[edit] See also
- List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 491
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Services,
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