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A city employee will receive $95,000 to settle claims against Municipal Court Clerk Reginald Thompson and the Columbus Consolidated Government.. Columbus Council unanimously approved the ...
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]
A lawsuit filed Monday in federal court alleges Massillon police were brutal and negligent during a March 2023 arrest of Lowell "Bo" Gower, Jr. A 'very bad look for Massillon.' City facing ...
Metro filed its latest lawsuit against the state on Oct. 11, challenging a law that gives state officials power to appoint members to Metro Nashville's Sports Authority Board. A three-judge panel ...
It also establishes specific procedures for service of process and attachment of property for proceedings against a Foreign State. The FSIA provides the exclusive basis and means to bring a lawsuit against a foreign sovereign in the United States. In international law, the prohibition against suing a foreign government is known as state immunity.
Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31, No. 16-1466, 585 U.S. ___ (2018), abbreviated Janus v.AFSCME, is a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court on US labor law, concerning the power of labor unions to collect fees from non-union members.
The lawsuit against Jackson, filed by Agudath Israel and WR Property, led to a bevy of similar lawsuits from federal and state law enforcement bodies. Jackson agrees to huge payout to settle ...
Castle Rock v. Gonzales, 545 U.S. 748 (2005), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled, 7–2, that a town and its police department could not be sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for failing to enforce a restraining order, which had led to the murders of a woman's three children by her estranged husband. [1]