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Commentary

Official Liability under Section 1983: The Immunity Maze

 

Abstract

This is the second section of a two-part article on municipal and official liability under Sec. 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871. The first part, Municipal Liability Under Section 1983: Monell v. Department of Social Services, appeared in the January issue. In it, the main points of the Monell decision and its effect on prior case law were outlined and a number of Sec. 1983 land use cases were discussed. In this part, official liability and the immunity doctrine will be considered.

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