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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]
This case marks the first instance of challenge to abortion statutes being argued by women as the plaintiffs in terms of women's right to choice rather than a doctor's right to practice. [21] [22] Monell v. Department of Social Services (1972): This case began as a challenge to New York City's forced maternity leave policies. Its resolution ...
Monell v. Department of Social Services of the City of New York, 436 U.S. 658 (1978) Municipalities can be held liable for violations of Constitutional rights through 42 U.S.C. § 1983 actions. §1983 claims against municipal entities must be based on implementation of a policy or custom. Harris v.
(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 ...
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 ...
When Justice Juan Merchan, the judge presiding over Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial in New York, found him in contempt of court for a tenth violation of the gag order, he warned the ...
Chase began his career in legal scholarship as a professor of law at Brooklyn Law School from 1972 to 1978 and began teaching at the New York University School of Law in 1980, where he was later named Russell D. Niles Professor of Law. [2] Chase is the author of Law, Culture, and Ritual. [3]
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