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19 Jul 2009, 8:17 pm
More than a century later, lawyers revived § 1981 to pursue discrimination actions against state governments, only to be shot down by Jett v. [read post]
5 Feb 2009, 4:00 am
§1981.Citing Monell v New York Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658, the Circuit Court commented that the Supreme Court had ruled that a municipality may not be held vicariously liable for the federal constitutional or statutory violations of its employees.Although Monell concerned lawsuit brought pursuant to 42 USC §1983, the Third Circuit said that the Supreme Court had extended its holding in Monell to §1981 actions in its ruling in… [read post]