United States Supreme Court

In an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, seeking damages, an injunction, and a declaration that public officials and defendant Los Angeles County had deprived plaintiffs of their constitutional rights by failing to create a mechanism through which they could contest inclusion in a "child abuse index," the Ninth Circuit's reversal of summary judgment for defendants is reversed where Monell's "policy or custom" requirement applies in section 1983 cases irrespective of whether the relief sought is monetary or prospective.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/30/2010
• Published 11/30/2010

Judges

• Stephen Breyer

Court

• United States Supreme Court

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