Difference between revisions of "42 U.S.C. § 1983"

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==Municipal Liability==
 
==Municipal Liability==
  
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Municipalities are strictly liable for their Constitutional torts and are not eligible for qualified immunity. <ref>Owen v. City of Independence, 445 U.S. 622 (1980)</ref>
  
  

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