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"every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any state or territory, subjects, or causes to be subject, any citizen of the united states or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress."

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That statement is true.

This regulation was created after it being ruled in supreme court during the district of Columbia vs. Carter.
When a court is proven to discriminate either parties during trials, the local states in which the court has full jurisdiction are the one that required to pay for the lawsuit.
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