Will v. Michigan Dept. of State Police

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Will v. Michigan Dept. of State Police
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 5, 1988
Decided June 15, 1989
Full case name: Will v. Michigan Department of State Police et al.
Citations: 491 U.S. 58
Holding
Court membership
Chief Justice: William Rehnquist
Associate Justices: William J. Brennan, Jr., Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy
Case opinions
Majority by: White
Joined by: Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, and Kennedy
Dissent by: Brennan
Joined by: Marshall, Blackmun, and Stevens
Dissent by: Stevens
Laws applied
Section 1 of the "Ku Klux Act" of April 20, 1871

Will v. Michigan Dept. of State Police, 491 U.S. 58 (1989) was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court, in which the court held that States and their officials acting in their official capacity are not persons under Section 1983.

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