United States Third Circuit

In a civil rights action, district court's grant of defendant's motion to dismiss is affirmed where no implied private right of action exists against state actors under 42 U.S.C. section 1981.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/28/2009
• Published 01/28/2009

Judges

• Before;  CHAGARES and HARDIMAN, Circuit Judges and ELLIS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark S. Scheffer, Exton, PA, Attorney for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Eleanor N. Ewing, City of Philadelphia, Law Department, Philadelphia, PA, Attorney for Appellee.