How have courts dealt with civil rights claims in civil cases?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Bernheim v. Litt, 79 F.3d 318 (2nd Cir. 1996):

Gomez v. Toledo, 446 U.S. 635, 640, 100 S.Ct. 1920, 1923, 64 L.Ed.2d 572 (1980). Bernheim alleges that Litt, a public school official acting under color of state law, deprived her of certain rights guaranteed by the Constitution.

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