United States municipal liabilitydue process

Monell v Department of Social Services

Monell v. Department of Social Services of the City of New York, 436 U.S. 658 (1978)

JurisdictionUnited States

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

Year1978

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A municipality or local government is a 'person' suable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, but only where the constitutional injury is inflicted by the execution of the entity's own official policy or custom — never on a respondeat superior theory for the isolated acts of its employees.

Area of Law

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