Civil Rights Legislation: Cases and Materials

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The Sixth Edition of Civil Rights Legislation includes: The latest materials on the basic principles of section 1983 and the Bivens doctrine (including Minneci v. Pollard, Van de Kamp v. Goldstein, Skinner v. Switzer) Issues related to pleading standards (including Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, Ashcroft v. Iqbal) Treatment of qualified immunity (including Safford Unified School District #1 v. Redding, Pearson v. Callahan, Ortiz v. Jordan) Issues related to municipal liability (including Connick v. Thompson, Los Angeles County v. Humphries) Issues arising from federal habeas corpus (including McQuiggin v. Perkins, Chaidez v. United States, Magwood v. Patterson) Recent treatment of federal court abstention (including Sprint Communications, Inc. v. Jacobs) Remedies for violations of constitutional rights (including Perdue v. Kenny A., Brown v. Plata) Developments under section 1981 (including CBOCS West, Inc. v. Humphries) Developments under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (including Vance v. Ball State University, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes) Recent treatment of the Americans with Disabilities Act in district and appellate courts