cases/42usc1983/cl-10870061-fcc-v-att.case

Source: cases/42usc1983/cl-10870061-fcc-v-att.case

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Verbatim annotated passages

Compare, for instance, 42 U. S. C. §1983. That statute provides that a state actor who violates a person’s constitutional rights “shall be liable to the party injured.” That means only that the victim may sue the perpetrator.

Exact source text

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case /cl/10870061
  name    FCC v. AT&T Inc.
  cite    608 U.S. ___ (2026)
  court   Supreme Court of the United States
  date    2026-06-04
  url     catalog/cases/clus/volume_cl/10870061/index.html
  source  ir/caselaw/clus_cl.jsonl sha1=fa77a91b986e3c488969b8bfee80c1efc702ecce chars=51640

opinion maj : majority by Roberts @12229..39177 controlling
opinion dis : dissent by Thomas @39177..51640
theory t1 : statutory comparator for 'shall be liable'

law 42usc1983
  role    comparator
  posture civil; Seventh Amendment challenge by carriers to FCC forfeiture orders under 47 U.S.C. §§ 503-504; in a footnote the Court cites 42 U.S.C. § 1983 only as a comparator for the phrase "shall be liable"
  result  not-decided

element damages : not-reached
  theory  t1
  rule @30801..31026 | Compare, for instance, 42 U. S. C. §1983. That statute provides that a state actor who violates a person’s constitutional rights “shall be liable to the party injured.” That means only that the victim may sue the perpetrator.
  gloss   The Court cites § 1983 as a comparator for the phrase 'shall be liable to the party injured,' demonstrating that the language creates a right to sue rather than an automatic obligation to pay immediately.