Opinion

Fischbach & Moore, Inc. v. United States

  • 470 U.S. 1029
  • 53 U.S.L.W. 3634
  • 105 S. Ct. 1397
  • 84 L. Ed. 2d 785
  • 1985 U.S. LEXIS 1269
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Mar 4, 1985
Status
Published
Cited by
66 cases
Authority
More cited than 97.1%

conspiracy allegation, even if established, does not give rise to liability under Sec. 1983 unless there is an actual deprivation of civil rights

How later courts described this case

  • conspiracy allegation, even if established, does not give rise to liability under Sec. 1983 unless there is an actual deprivation of civil rights
  • conspiracy allegation, even if established, does not give rise to liability under § 1983 unless there is an actual deprivation of civil rights
  • school superintendent entitled to qualified immunity for initiating prosecution under compulsory attendance law
  • motion to disqualify filed one year after complaint and after adverse rulings of trial court was untimely

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

This record has no opinion text. It is a disposition such as a denial of certiorari, kept so the case can be found by name and citation.

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