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§ 2

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§ 2
Parent Document
Eunice Samuels, Lorraine Warren v. District of Columbia, 770 F.2d 184 (1985)
Effective Date
1985-08-06

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then, plaintiffs can enforce all federal laws against state officials under section 1983 unless it can be shown that Congress affirmatively intended to foreclose such enforcement by failing to impose mandatory federal obligations or by creating a comprehensive remedial scheme in the statute itself. As the Court has emphasized, we should “not lightly conclude that Congress intended to preclude reliance on section 1983.” Smith v. Robinson,