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Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 (1978), is an opinion given by the United States Supreme Court in which the Court overruled Monroe v. Pape by holding that a local government is a "person" subject to suit under Section 1983 of Title 42 of the United States Code: Civil action for deprivation of rights. [1]
The claims come under the holding by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1978’s Monell v. Department of Social Services . Under the decision, municipalities can be held liable for the unconstitutional ...
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Floyd, et al. v. City of New York, et al. (2013) CCR filed a federal class action lawsuit against the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the City of New York that challenges the NYPD's practices of racial profiling and "stop-and frisk." These NYPD practices had led to a dramatic increase in the number of suspicion-less stop-and-frisks ...
(Reuters) -New York's attorney general on Wednesday accused nursing home operator Centers Health Care and its owners of stealing $83 million in government funds while understaffing its facilities ...
New York City agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle a lawsuit by two Muslim-American women who said the police violated their rights after arresting them by forcing them to remove their hijabs ...
Potential sources include: Rodney A. Smolla, Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law: § 1983, Bivens Actions, and Related Issues Steven Stein Cushman, MUNICIPAL LIABILITY UNDER § 1983: TOWARD A NEW DEFINITION OF MUNICIPAL POLICYMAKER, 34 B.C. L. Rev. 693 (1993) Myriam E. Gilles, BREAKING THE CODE OF SILENCE: REDISCOVERING “CUSTOM” IN ...
A New York City suburb's ban against public mask wearing was challenged in federal court on Thursday, alleging the law violates the Americans with Disabilities Act and needlessly opens health ...