Municipal Liability - Municipal Liability under Section 1983 - Williams v. Butler
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Authors
Zorn, Debra L.
Issue Date
1985
Volume
18
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Journal Article
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INTRODUCTION|Civil rights actions based on section 1983 constitute almost one third of all federal question litigation brought by private parties in federal courts. The United States Supreme Court has not addressed the "full contours of municipal liability under section 1983.... This is significant in light of the fact that one commentator has characterized municipal liability cases as "among the most visible instances of [section 1983] doctrinal confusion." Recently, the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit addressed the "novel question in this circuit," in the case of Williams v. Butler. With the Williams case as its focus, this Note provides the reader with a research tool to aid in the analysis of a municipal liability problem under section 1983. The Note presents a brief history of municipal liability, a survey of the case law, a comparative analysis of the rationales which various courts have employed in deciding this issue, and an in-depth analysis of the municipal liability issue in Williams....
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18 Creighton L. Rev. 1267 (1984-1985)
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Creighton University School of Law