Contents
The growth pattern of public employee litigation in the U.S. public personnel administration / Don Jaegal 1
〈Abstract〉 1
I. Introduction 1
II. The nature of section 1983 lawsuits by public employees 4
1. Data 4
2. The Nature of Plaintiffs and Complaints 5
3. The Regional Characteristics of Plaintiffs and Complaints 7
III. The Longitudinal Analysis of Section 1983 Lawsuits 9
IV. Conclusion 15
References 18
〈Appendix A〉 Total Number of Public Employees by Region 19