Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Chitty v. United States
Chitty v. United States, 474 U.S. 945 (1985)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1985-11-04
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- “section 1983 does not grant a cause of action for every injury wrongfully inflicted by a state officer”
- the plaintiff must know or have reason to know that the Privacy-Act violation exists
- no Brady violation where defendant knew he had testified before a congressional committee
- slaps with open hand, no severe injury, action dismissed
Citator
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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.