Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Jefferson v. City of Tarrant
Jefferson v. City of Tarrant, 520 U.S. 1154 (1997)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1997-03-31
- Topic
- general
Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari granted limited to the following question: “Whether, when a decedent’s death is alleged to have resulted from a deprivation of federal rights occurring in Alabama, the Alabama Wrongful Death Act, Ala. Code §6-5-410 (1993), governs the recovery by the representative of the decedent’s estate under 42 U.
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Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari granted limited to the following question: “Whether, when a decedent’s death is alleged to have resulted from a deprivation of federal rights occurring in Alabama, the Alabama Wrongful Death Act, Ala. Code §6-5-410 (1993), governs the recovery by the representative of the decedent’s estate under 42 U. S. C. § 1983?”