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Finally! A State’s Highest Court Creates Clearly Settled Law

By Sheldon Nahmod on May 14, 2020
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Whose Decisions Determine Clearly Settled Federal Constitutional Law? We all know that in order for a state or local government official to be liable for damages in his or her individual (not official) capacity under section 1983, that official must have violated clearly settled federal constitutional law as of the time of the challenged conduct. […]

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Professor Sheldon Nahmod is a well-known expert on constitutional law, the First Amendment, civil rights and liberties and the law of Section 1983. He writes on these and other law-related topics on his blog.

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    Chicago-Kent College of Law
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