for Pennsylvania Bar Association
1. Monell v. Dep't of Soc. Servs., No. 75-1914 , SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, November 2, 1977, Argued , June 6, 1978, Decided
OVERVIEW: Municipalities were not wholly immune from liability under the Civil Rights Act of 1871 and could be sued for all types of relief where execution of a government policy inflicted the injury, but could not be liable on a respondeat superior theory.
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