Gibson v. Ricketts

How later courts describe this case

• state created immunities cannot be used to limit liability in § 1983 actions filed in state courts
• "Although Sec. 1983 has been described as a species of tort liability, it is perfectly clear that not every injury in which a state official has played some part is actionable under that statute."
• “Although § 1983 has been described as a species of tort liability, it is perfectly clear that not every injury in which a state official has played some part is actionable under that statute.”
• Supreme Court declined to impose liability for a state’s failure to act in part because the government “was not aware that [the decedent], as distinguished from the public at large, faced any danger”