official-policy
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-540 | Laura Covington v. City of Madisonville, Texas | Fifth Circuit | 2023-11-20 | Denied | Response Waived | 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights municipal-liability official-policy police-chief policymaker section-1983 state-law | To obtain relief against a municipality under §1983, a plaintiff must show an official policy from a policymaker was the moving force behind a violati… |
| 23-61 | Martin E. O'Boyle, et al. v. Town of Gulf Stream, Florida | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-07-21 | Denied | Relisted (2) | 42-usc-1983 civil-litigation first-amendment first-amendment-retaliation municipal-policy official-policy probable-cause retaliation | 1. Whether the no-probable-cause requirement extends beyond claims for retaliatory criminal prosecution and arrest and applies to claims for retaliato… |
| 21-414 | First Midwest Bank, as Guardian of the Estate of Michael D. LaPorta v. City of Chicago, Illinois | Seventh Circuit | 2021-09-15 | Denied | Amici (2)Response Waived | 42-usc-1983 circuit-split civil-rights legal-causation municipal-liability off-duty off-duty-conduct official-policy section-1983 | Can municipalities evade liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for unlawful acts that their official municipal policies undisputedly caused if the municipa… |