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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 219 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 Darnell v. City of New York.

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1 Darnell v. City of New York Anchor
ca2 · 2017
green “a pretrial detainee's claims of unconstitutional conditions of confinement are governed by the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment, rather than the cruel and unusual punishments clause of the eight amendment.” 127
2 Patterson v. County of Oneida
ca2 · 2004
green “show that the challenged acts were performed pursuant to a municipal policy or custom.” 47
3 Vippolis v. Village of Haverstraw
ca2 · 1985
green “prove the existence of a municipal policy or custom in order to show that the municipality took some action that caused his injuries beyond merely employing the misbehaving officer.” 40
4 Vippolis v. Village of Haverstraw
ca2 · 1985
green “(1) 'the existence of a municipal policy or custom ... that caused his injuries beyond merely employing the misbehaving officers'; and (2) 'a causal connection-an” 5

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