Charles v. Shillingford v. Van E. Holmes, Etc.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1981-01-15

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ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge. Because 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is not a general tort statute but imposes liability only for rights secured by the Constitution and laws of the United States, it does not grant a cause of action for every injury wrongfully inflicted by a state officer. We here consider th…

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