What are the purposes of the federal Civil Rights Act?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court, 50 Cal.App.4th 1453, 58 Cal.Rptr.2d 358 (Cal. App. 1996):
5 The purposes of the federal Civil Rights Act are "compensation of persons injured by deprivation of federal rights and prevention of abuse of power by those acting under color of state law." (Robertson v. Wegmann (1978) 436 U.S. 584, 591, 98 S.Ct. 1991, 1995, 56 L.Ed.2d 554.)
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