Section 1983 provides:
“Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom or usage, of any State or Territory ... subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, equity, or other proper proceeding for redress.”
American Bar Association // Section of Labor and Employment Law Equal Employment Opportunity Committee //EEO Law Basics// Spring 2006
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