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7 Hawaii opinions name it 2 courts 1986–2025 1 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Hawaii courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Makanui v. Department of Educationgreen2 sentences2014Makanui v. Dep't of Educ., 6 Haw. App. 397, 406, 721 P.2d 165, 171 (1986). 1992App. 397, 405-07 , 721 P.2d 165, 171-72 (1986) (The ICA held that Hawaii had not waived its sovereign immunity from § 1983 damages liability, and those claims against the state and state officials in their official capacities were therefore barred. 20 See also HRS chs. 661, 662, 673 and 674 (waiving the State’s sovereign immunity in certain cases). | 3 | 3 |
Imbler v. Pachtmangreen1 sentence2025Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409, 420 (1976) (prosecutors enjoy “absolute immunity from § 1983 suits for damages when [they] act[] within the scope of [their] prosecutorial duties”); Van de Kamp v. Goldstein, 555 U.S. 335, 343 (2009) (absolute immunity from § 1983 liability attaches “when a prosecutor prepares to initiate a judicial proceeding” or “appears in court to present evidence in support of a search warrant application”). | 1 | 1 |
Van de Kamp v. Goldsteingreen1 sentence2025Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409, 420 (1976) (prosecutors enjoy “absolute immunity from § 1983 suits for damages when [they] act[] within the scope of [their] prosecutorial duties”); Van de Kamp v. Goldstein, 555 U.S. 335, 343 (2009) (absolute immunity from § 1983 liability attaches “when a prosecutor prepares to initiate a judicial proceeding” or “appears in court to present evidence in support of a search warrant application”). | 1 | 1 |
City of Canton v. Harrisred1 sentence1994The United States Supreme Court held that “inadequacy of police training may serve as the basis for [the city’s] § 1983 liability only where the failure to train amounts to deliberate indifference to the rights of persons with whom the police come into contact.” Id. at 388, 109 S.Ct. at 1204 (emphasis added). | 1 | 1 |
Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.green2 sentences1994However, as explained in Monell , “the fact that Congress did specifically provide that A’s [ (Aim’s) ] tort became B’s [ (the City’s) ] liability if B [ (the City) ] ‘caused’ A [ (Aim) ] to *228 subject another to a tort suggests that Congress did not intend § 1983 liability to attach where such causation was absent.” Monell, 436 U.S. at 692 , 98 S.Ct. at 2036 (citation omitted). 1994However, as explained in Monell , “the fact that Congress did specifically provide that A’s [ (Aim’s) ] tort became B’s [ (the City’s) ] liability if B [ (the City) ] ‘caused’ A [ (Aim) ] to *228 subject another to a tort suggests that Congress did not intend § 1983 liability to attach where such causation was absent.” Monell, 436 U.S. at 692 , 98 S.Ct. at 2036 (citation omitted). | 1 | 1 |
Varela v. Jonesgreen1 sentence1986Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Services, supra. “[I]t is liable only if its employees deprived plaintiff of [his] constitutional rights pursuant to a policy or custom of the city.” Varela v. Jones, 746 F.2d 1413, 1418 (10th Cir. 1984). | 1 | 1 |
Martinez v. Californiagreen2 sentences1986Martinez v. California, 444 U.S. 277 , 284 n.8, 100 S.Ct. 553, 558 , 62 L.Ed.2d 481, 488 (1980). 1986Martinez v. California, 444 U.S. 277 , 284 n.8, 100 S.Ct. 553, 558 , 62 L.Ed.2d 481, 488 (1980). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Hawaii. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.