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At page 427 Exclusivity of section 1983 remedy over direct constitutional claims34 citing cases[T]here is no place for a cause of action against a municipality directly under the [Fourteenth] Amendment, because the plaintiff may proceed against the [municipal defendant] under [Section] 1983,” following the Supreme Court’s decision in Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 (19…4 citing courts put it this way
  • Brandon Fulton v. Fulton Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 148 F.4th 1224 (11th Cir. 2025).published
    See Owen v. City of Independence, 589 F.2d 335, 337 (8th Cir. 1978) (“By enacting section 1983, Congress has provided an appropriate and exclusive remedy for constitutional violations committed by municipalities.”), overruled on other grou…
  • Bernstein v. New York, 591 F. Supp. 2d 448 (S.D.N.Y. 2008).published
    Gleason v. McBride, 715 F.Supp. 59, 62-63 (S.D.N.Y.1988) (citing Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2d 426, 427 (2d Cir.1979); Williams v. Bennett, 689 F.2d 1370, 1390 (11th Cir.1982); Tarpley v. Greene, 684 F.2d 1, 10-11 (D.C.Cir.1982); Ward v. Caul…
  • ECOGEN, LLC v. Town of Italy, 438 F. Supp. 2d 149 (W.D.N.Y. 2006).published
    “there is no place for a cause of action against a municipality directly under the 14th Amendment, because the plaintiff may proceed against the [municipality] under § 1983”
  • MacArthur v. San Juan Cnty., 391 F. Supp. 2d 895 (D. Utah 2005).published
    See, e.g., Baxter by Baxter v. Vigo County School Corp., 26 F.3d 728 , 732 n. 3 (7th Cir. 1994); Azul-Pacifico, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles, 973 F.2d 704, 705 (9th Cir.1992), ce rt. denied, 506 U.S. 1081 , 113 S.Ct. 1049 , 122 L.Ed.2d 357…
  • Daniel Moses v. City of Evanston, 97 F.3d 1454 (7th Cir. 1996).unpublished
    See Baxter by Baxter v. Vigo County School Corp., 26 F.3d 728 , 732 n. 3 (7th Cir.1994); Azul-Pacifico, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles, 973 F.2d 704, 705 (9th Cir.1992), cert. denied, 506 U.S. 1081 (1993); Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2d 426, 427…
  • Schanzer v. Rutgers Univ., 934 F. Supp. 669 (D.N.J. 1996).published
    See Williams v. Bennett, 689 F.2d 1370, 1390 (11th Cir.1982), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 932 , 104 S.Ct. 335 , 78 L.Ed.2d 305 (1983); Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2d 426, 427 (2d Cir.1979); Taylor v. State of Rhode Island, 726 F.Supp. 895, 901 (D.R…
  • Sabia v. State, 669 A.2d 1187 (Vt. 1995).published
    (direct action against municipality under Fourteenth Amendment not available because municipality is subject to § 1983 liability)
  • Benyi v. Broome Cnty., NY, 887 F. Supp. 395 (N.D.N.Y. 1995).published
    Benyi cannot bring a claim directly under the Eighth Amendment or the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process clause “against a municipality because the plaintiff may proceed against [a municipality] under Section 1983.” Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2…
  • Rubenstein v. Benedictine Hosp., 790 F. Supp. 396 (N.D.N.Y. 1992).published
    The Hospital also cites Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2d 426, 427 (2d Cir.1979), cert. denied sub nom., Turpin v. City of West Haven, 449 U.S. 1016 , 101 S.Ct. 577 , 66 L.Ed.2d 475 (1980), in which the Second Circuit held that, given the availab…
  • Lombard v. Bd. of Educ. of City of New York, 784 F. Supp. 1029 (E.D.N.Y. 1992).published
    We therefore conclude that — under the very rationale of our prior opinion — there is no place for a cause of action against a municipality directly under the 14th Amendment,' because the plaintiff may proceed against the City of West Have…
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  • Gleason v. McBride, 715 F. Supp. 59 (S.D.N.Y. 1988).published
    Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2d 426, 427 (2d Cir. 1979); Williams v. Bennett, 689 F.2d 1370 , *63 1390 (11th Cir.1982), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 932 , 104 S.Ct. 335 , 78 L.Ed.2d 305 (1983); Tarpley v. Greene, 684 F.2d 1, 10-11 (D.C.
  • Jensen v. Bd. of Cnty. Com'rs for Sedgwick Cnty., 636 F. Supp. 293 (D. Kan. 1986).published
    Williams v. Bennett, 689 F.2d 1370 (11th Cir.1982), cert. denied 464 U.S. 932 , 104 S.Ct. 335 , 78 L.Ed.2d 305 (1983); Ward v. Caulk, 650 F.2d 1144, 1148 (9th Cir.1981); Hearth, Inc. v. Dept. of Public Welfare, 617 F.2d 381 (5th Cir.1980);…
  • United States v. Yonkers Bd. of Educ., 624 F. Supp. 1276 (S.D.N.Y. 1985).published 2 cites
    Plaintiff-intervenors' equal protection claim is cognizable as an alleged violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2d 426, 427 (2d Cir.1979) (en banc) (per curiam), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 1016 , 101 S.Ct. 577 , 66 L.Ed.2d 47…
  • Boudin v. Thomas, 737 F.2d 261 (2d Cir. 1984).published
    Cf. Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2d 426, 427 (2d Cir.1979) (in banc) (plaintiff must use section 1983, when available, rather than base claim directly on Fourteenth Amendment); but see Bell v. Wolfish, supra, 441 U.S. at 526 -27 n. 6, 99 S.Ct.…
  • Boudin v. Thomas, 737 F.2d 261 (2d Cir. 1984).published
    Cf. Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2d 426, 427 (2d Cir.1979) (in banc) (plaintiff must use section 1983, when available, rather than base claim directly on Fourteenth Amendment); but see Bell v. Wolfish, supra, 441 U.S. at 526 -27 n. 6, 99 S.Ct.…
  • Cunha v. City of Algona, 334 N.W.2d 591 (Iowa 1983).published 2 cites
    Ward v. Caulk, 650 F.2d 1144, 1148 (9th Cir.1981); Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2d 426, 427 (2nd Cir.1979), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 1016 , 101 S.Ct. 577 , 66 L.Ed.2d 475 (1980); Cale v. City of Covington, 586 F.2d 311, 317-18 (4th Cir.1978); see…
  • Gladden v. Barry, 558 F. Supp. 676 (D.D.C. 1983).published
    See e.g., Ward v. Caulk, 650 F.2d 1144, 1148 (9th Cir.1981); Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2d 426, 427 (2d Cir.1979).
  • Koch v. Schneider, 550 F. Supp. 846 (N.D. Ill. 1982).published
    See also Stringer v. City of Chicago, supra; Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2d 426, 427 (2d Cir.1979), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 1016 , 101 S.Ct. 577 , 66 L.Ed.2d 475 (1980).
  • Fred Tarpley, Sr. v. Raymond J. Greene, 684 F.2d 1 (D.C. Cir. 1982).published
    Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2d 426, 427 (2d Cir. 1979) (en banc) (“there is no place for a cause of action against a municipality directly under the 14th Amendment, because the plaintiff may proceed against the [city] under § 1983”); Owen v. C…
  • Eklund v. Hardiman, 526 F. Supp. 941 (N.D. Ill. 1981).published
    County of Cook refers to the per curiam en banc decision of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2d 426, 427 (2d Cir. 1979), which held that suits cannot lie against municipalities under the Fourteenth Ame…
  • Ocean Acres Ltd. P'ship v. Dare Cnty. Bd. of Health, 514 F. Supp. 1117 (E.D.N.C. 1981).published
    Owen v. City of Independence, 589 F.2d 335, 337 (8th Cir. 1978), rev’d on other grounds, 445 U.S. 622 , 100 S.Ct. 1398 , 63 L.Ed.2d 673 (1980); Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2d 426, 427 (2d Cir. 1979) (en banc).
  • DeVasto v. Faherty, 479 F. Supp. 1069 (D. Mass. 1979).published
    Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2d 426, 427 (2d Cir. 1979) (en banc).
  • Randle v. Gokey, 469 F. Supp. 452 (N.D. Ohio 1979).published
    Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2d 426, 427 (2d Cir. 1979).
  • Ohland v. City of Montpelier, 467 F. Supp. 324 (D. Vt. 1979).published
    “there is no place for a cause of action against a municipality directly under the 14th Amendment, because the plaintiff may proceed against the [municipality] under § 1983”
  • Holley ex rel. McQuoid v. Lavine, 464 F. Supp. 718 (W.D.N.Y. 1979).published
    Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2d 426 at 427 (2d Cir. 1979).
  • Carroll, No. 3:25-cv-01671 (D. Conn. Sept. 25, 2026).
    Case law discussing the civil rights statute makes clear that Plaintiff’s claims of constitutional violations against at least the Town of Manchester and the City of Hartford are subject to Monell v. Department of Social Services of City o…
  • Richards v. New York City Health + Hosps. Corp., No. 23-8033 (2d Cir. Oct. 14, 2025).unpublished
    See Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2d 426, 427 (2d Cir. 1979) (en banc) 18 (holding that, following Monell, a plaintiff cannot proceed directly against a 10 1 municipality under the Fourteenth Amendment and must instead use the § 1983 2 vehicle).
  • Nemhard, No. 1:25-cv-00073 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 3, 2025).
    ([T]here is no place for a cause of action against a municipality directly under the [Fourteenth] Amendment, because the plaintiff may proceed against the [municipal defendant] under [Section] 1983,” following the Supre…)
  • Fenner v. City of New York, 392 F. App'x 892 (2d Cir. 2010).unpublished
    See Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2d 426, 427 (2d Cir.1979) (en banc) (per curiam) (holding that, following Monell , a plaintiff could not proceed directly against a municipality under the Fourteenth Amendment).
  • Nevin v. Citibank, N.A., 107 F. Supp. 2d 333 (S.D.N.Y. 2000).published
    See Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2d 426, 427 (2d Cir.1979).
  • Leonard P'ship v. Town of Chenango, 779 F. Supp. 223 (N.D.N.Y. 1991).published
    See Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2d 426, 427 (2d Cir.1979).
  • Smith-Berch, Inc. v. Baltimore Cnty., 68 F. Supp. 2d 602 (D. Md. 1999).published
    See, e.g., Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2d 426, 427 (2d Cir.1979) (en banc) (per curiam) (“there is no place for a cause of action against a municipality directly under the 14th Amendment”); Cale v. City of Covington, 586 F.2d 311, 313 (4th Cir…
  • Sablan v. Tenorio, 4 N. Mar. I. 351 (1996).published
    See, e.g., Turpin v. Mailet, 591 F.2d 426, 427 (2d Cir. 1979) (en banc) (suggesting that plaintiff might have been permitted to bring a direct cause of action under the Constitution if defendant municipality were not a “person,” and theref…
  • Edmonds v. Dillin, 485 F. Supp. 722 (N.D. Ohio 1980).published
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Thomas Turpin
v.
Joseph Mailet and John Doe, Individually and as Police Officers of the Police Department of the City of West Haven, and City of West Haven, and City of West Haven
317.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Jan 16, 1979.
Published opinion
591 F.2d 426
1979 U.S. App. LEXIS 17554
Cited by 31 opinions  |  Published

591 F.2d 426

Thomas TURPIN, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Joseph MAILET and John Doe, Individually and as police
officers of the Police Department of the City of
West Haven, and City of West Haven, Defendants,
and
City of West Haven, Defendant-Appellee.

No. 317, Docket 77-7345.

United States Court of Appeals,
Second Circuit,
En Banc.

Jan. 16, 1979.

Before KAUFMAN, Chief Judge, FEINBERG, MANSFIELD, MULLIGAN, OAKES, TIMBERS, GURFEIN, VAN GRAAFEILAND and MESKILL, Circuit Judges.

On remand from the Supreme Court of the United States to reconsider the judgment entered by this Court. City of West Haven v. Turpin, --- U.S. ----, 99 S.Ct. 554, 58 L.Ed.2d --- (1978), Vacating 579 F.2d 152 (2d Cir. 1978) (En banc ). Judgment reinstated to the extent that it reversed the District Court's dismissal of the complaint, and cause remanded to the District Court with instructions to permit plaintiff to proceed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

PER CURIAM:

[*~426–428]1

In Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978), the Supreme Court overruled Monroe v. Pape, 365 U.S. 167, 81 S.Ct. 473, 5 L.Ed.2d 492 (1961), and decided that under certain circumstances, local governments are liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for invasions of constitutional rights. We have been directed to reconsider, in light of Monell, our prior ruling in this case that municipalities may be sued for damages directly under the 14th Amendment. See --- U.S. ----, 99 S.Ct. 554, 58 L.Ed.2d --- (1978), Vacating 579 F.2d 152 (2d Cir. 1978) (En banc ).

2

The Monell decision does not call into question Turpin's central thesis that federal courts have the power and the obligation under the general federal question jurisdiction to create remedies to redress constitutional grievances. See 579 F.2d at 157-60. An important element in our decision to imply a damages remedy against municipalities under the 14th Amendment, however, was that Congress had not supplied a vehicle by which the right in question could be vindicated. Id. at 157.

[*~427–428]3

Monell held that § 1983 suits may be brought against municipalities under conditions essentially coextensive with those we imposed on the private right of action in Turpin. We therefore conclude that under the very rationale of our prior opinion there is no place for a cause of action against a municipality directly under the 14th Amendment, because the plaintiff may proceed against the City of West Haven under § 1983. Accordingly, we reinstate so much of our decision as reversed the dismissal of the complaint, and remand to the district court for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.

4

VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge, with whom MULLIGAN, TIMBERS, and MESKILL, Circuit Judges, concur, concurring in result:

5

Treating the Supreme Court's vacating order as a decision on the merits, See Board of Trustees of Keene State College v. Sweeney, --- U.S. ----, 99 S.Ct. 295, 58 L.Ed.2d 216 (1978) (Stevens, J., dissenting), we concur in the majority opinion only so far as it holds that a cause of action may exist against the City of West Haven under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.