Topic: section 1983 does not itself create any constitutional righ… · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 291 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Norman Braley v. City of Pontiac, Stanley Helgemo, Sergeant Arthur Rouse and Roland Garcia, Officers.

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1 Norman Braley v. City of Pontiac, Stanley Helgemo, Sergeant Arthur Rouse and Roland Garcia, Officers Anchor
ca6 · 1990
green “section 1983 does not itself create any constitutional rights; it creates a right of action for the vindication of constitutional guarantees found elsewhere” 141
2 Frazier v. State of Michigan
ca6 · 2002
green “a complaint must allege that the defendants were personally involved in the alleged deprivation of federal rights” 128

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