LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, Petitioner,
v.
Craig Arthur HUMPHRIES et al.
Supreme Court of United States.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 5, 2010.
Decided November 30, 2010.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Timothy T. Coates, Los Angeles, CA, for petitioner.
Andrew J. Pincus, Washington, DC, for respondents.
Timothy T. Coates, Counsel of Record, Alison M. Turner, Lillie Hsu, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP, Los Angeles, California, Mark D. Rutter, Carpenter, Rothans & Dumont, Los Angeles, California, for Petitioner Los Angeles County, California.
Scott L. Shuchart, Yale Law School, Supreme Court Clinic, New Haven, CT, Esther G. Boynton, San Diego, CA, Andrew J. Pincus, Counsel of Record, Charles A. Rothfeld, Paul W. Hughes, Admitted in New York only; D.C. admission pending, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondents.
Supreme Court of United States.
Justice BREYER delivered the opinion of the Court.
In Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.,436 U.S. 658, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978), this Court held that civil rights plaintiffs suing a municipal entity under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 must show that their injury was caused by a municipal policy or custom. The case before the Court in Monell directly involved monetary damages. The question presented is...
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