Topic: supervisors and municipalities cannot be liable under 1983… · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 20 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Waybright v. Frederick County, MD.

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1 Waybright v. Frederick County, MD Anchor
ca4 · 2008
green “supervisors and municipalities cannot be liable under 1983 without some predicate 'constitutional injury at the hands of the individual state officer,' at least in suits for damages.” 16
2 Taylor v. Little
ca6 · 2003
green “the inmate, not unlike many inmates in our prison system, is prone to antisocial and sometimes violent behavior” 4

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