Supreme Court of the United States, 1997

Jefferson v. City of Tarrant

Jefferson v. City of Tarrant
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 31, 1997 · No. 96-957
520 U.S. 1154; 117 S. Ct. 1333 (United States Reports)
Jefferson v. City of Tarrant

Opinion of the Court

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?”

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