The Section 1983 Claim: Basics
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Section 1983 Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Constitutional Law | Civil Rights
- Speaker:
- Sheldon H. Nahmod
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 30 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 18, 2024
- Product Type:
- On Demand - Also available: On Demand 8
- License:
- Access for 365 day(s) after purchase.
Description
- Section 1983 and Fourteenth Amendment violations
- State action and color of law
- First Amendment retaliatory arrest claims
- The Second Amendment
- The Fifth Amendment and Miranda claims
- The Eighth Amendment
- Cause in fact and proximate cause
- "Laws" actions
- Heck v. Humphrey and existing convictions
- Due Process
- Section 1983 malicious prosecution claims
- A quick look at accrual
Speaker
Sheldon H. Nahmod Related Seminars and Products
University Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus (Program Chair)
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Professor Sheldon Nahmod is a leading expert on constitutional law, civil rights and the law of §1983. He is the author of Civil Rights and CivilLiberties Litigation: The Law of Section 1983 (2023-24 edition)(West, Westlaw), published annually since 1979, and has argued civil rights cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and many other federal courts. He lectures nationally to attorneys and has also lectured to federal judges on §1983.
He is a graduate of the University of Chicago, Harvard Law School, and the University of Chicago Divinity School. Professor Nahmod received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the State and Local Government Law Section of the ABA for his work in §1983 jurisprudence. He was named University Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus in 2018.
