The Sixth Edition of Civil Rights Legislation includes: • The latest materials on the basic principles of section 1983 and the Bivens doctrine (including Minneci v. Pollard, Van de Kamp v. Goldstein, Skinner v. Switzer) • Issues related to pleading standards (including Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, Ashcroft v. Iqbal) • Treatment of qualified immunity (including Safford Unified School District #1 v. Redding, Pearson v. Callahan, Ortiz v. Jordan) • Issues related to municipal liability (including Connick v. Thompson, Los Angeles County v. Humphries) • Issues arising from federal habeas corpus (including McQuiggin v. Perkins, Chaidez v. United States, Magwood v. Patterson) • Recent treatment of federal court abstention (including Sprint Communications, Inc. v. Jacobs) • Remedies for violations of constitutional rights (including Perdue v. Kenny A., Brown v. Plata) • Developments under section 1981 (including CBOCS West, Inc. v. Humphries) • Developments under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (including Vance v. Ball State University, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes) • Recent treatment of the Americans with Disabilities Act in district and appellate courts The eBook versions of this title feature links to Lexis Advance for further legal research options.