Chapter 1 History, Purposes, Jurisdiction and Procedural Matters
Chapter 2 The "deprivation [under 'color of' law] of any rights, pivileges,or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws"
Chapter 3 "[S]ubjects or causes to be subjected . . . to the deprivation"
Chapter 4 "[S]hall be liable to the party injured in an action at law":Damages
Chapter 5 "[S]uit in equity or other proceeding for redress": ProspectiveRelief and Related Defenses
Chapter 6 "Every person": Governmental Liability
Chapter 7 "Every person": The Absolute Individual Immunity of Legislators,Judges, Prosecutors, and Others
Chapter 8 Qualified Immunity for "Persons:" AnAffirmative Defense
Chapter 9 "Procedural" Defenses Not Going to the Merits
Chapter 10 Attorney's Fees
Appendix A Section 1983 Checklists
Appendix B Forms
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes, Rules and Regulations
Index