Supreme Court of the United States · 2026-06-04
42usc1983: author: Flash1 · QA: PASS (Fable, neov2/cases/TRIAGE-Flash.md)
Case and law context
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; claim:
Uncertainty
None recorded
Misfit
None recorded
B · Case × element grid
Top-level elements follow claim order in panels of up to six elements. Case rows repeat across panels. Every recorded block retains its holding and basis; multiple blocks are not merged into a case-level verdict. ✓ satisfied · ✗ not satisfied · ○ not reached · · not addressed. Muted blocks are not counted. Sub-element evidence remains on case and element pages.
Elements 1–6 of 20
| Case | Suable "person" (natural person in individual capacity, official in official capacity for prospective relief, or municipality; excludes States) | Action taken "under color of" state, territorial, or D.C. law | Deprivation of a right, privilege, or immunity secured by the Constitution and laws | Personal involvement / causal connection ("subjects, or causes to be subjected") | Damages remedy (legacy CASE id; not a prerequisite for prospective relief) | Qualified immunity for government officials sued in individual capacity (Harlow v. Fitzgerald; Pearson v. Callahan) |
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| FCC v. AT&T Inc. — 608 U.S. ___ (2026) · Supreme Court of the United States · 2026 (42usc1983: author: Flash1 · QA: PASS (Fable, neov2/cases/TRIAGE-Flash.md)) | · not addressed | · not addressed | · not addressed | · not addressed | ○ not reached · basis not recordedNot counted: comparator/merits | · not addressed |
Elements 7–12 of 20
| Case | Common-law absolute immunity (judicial, prosecutorial, legislative, witness functions) | Eleventh Amendment state sovereign immunity bar (official-capacity damages / retrospective relief) | Preiser / Heck v. Humphrey favorable-termination and habeas-exclusivity bar | Borrowed state personal-injury statute of limitations (42 U.S.C. § 1988; Wilson v. Garcia; Owens v. Okure) | Issue preclusion / collateral estoppel from prior state criminal or civil judgment (Allen v. McCurry) | Judicial standing prerequisite, separate from damages remedy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCC v. AT&T Inc. — 608 U.S. ___ (2026) · Supreme Court of the United States · 2026 (42usc1983: author: Flash1 · QA: PASS (Fable, neov2/cases/TRIAGE-Flash.md)) | · not addressed | · not addressed | · not addressed | · not addressed | · not addressed | · not addressed |
Elements 13–18 of 20
| Case | Statutory bar on injunctive relief against a judicial officer acting in a judicial capacity (1996 amendment) | Municipal policy or custom as moving force (Monell v. Department of Social Services) | District of Columbia exclusive Act of Congress inclusion clause (1979 amendment) | Rejected extra element: separate proof of "abuse of governmental power" (Collins v. City of Harker Heights) | Federal action / Fifth Amendment claim (outside § 1983 state-law scope) | Collateral-order appellate jurisdiction over interlocutory qualified-immunity denials (Mitchell v. Forsyth; Johnson v. Jones) |
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| FCC v. AT&T Inc. — 608 U.S. ___ (2026) · Supreme Court of the United States · 2026 (42usc1983: author: Flash1 · QA: PASS (Fable, neov2/cases/TRIAGE-Flash.md)) | · not addressed | · not addressed | · not addressed | · not addressed | · not addressed | · not addressed |
Elements 19–20 of 20
| Case | Appellate preservation / forfeiture of issue not raised in district court | Section 1983 malicious prosecution claim (Fourth Amendment / procedural due process) |
|---|---|---|
| FCC v. AT&T Inc. — 608 U.S. ___ (2026) · Supreme Court of the United States · 2026 (42usc1983: author: Flash1 · QA: PASS (Fable, neov2/cases/TRIAGE-Flash.md)) | · not addressed | · not addressed |
Instances and excluded annotation blocks
| Case | Element | Holding and scope | Pattern | Exact source quotations |
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| FCC v. AT&T Inc. — 608 U.S. ___ (2026) · Supreme Court of the United States · 2026 — not reached (42usc1983: author: Flash1 · QA: PASS (Fable, neov2/cases/TRIAGE-Flash.md)) | Damages remedy (legacy CASE id; not a prerequisite for prospective relief) | not_reached Excluded from merits counts comparator / merits theory: statutory comparator for 'shall be liable'; subject: theory=statutory comparator for 'shall be liable' 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. | Unspecified route | 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.Source: docroot/ir/caselaw/clus_cl.jsonl#/cl/10870061; Unicode character offsets [30801:31026] (end exclusive); SHA-256 051bfa2a431a4802c1c945d740d52bce5a83aab2b673d22affc7ae39c392bb6b. |