Allen v. Atlantic Co.

How courts have described this case

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• finding, in the context of a § 1983 action, that local law enforcement agencies may be sued in federal court
• affirming the district court's holding that when the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department acts on behalf of the County, it is subject to liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
• finding denial of motion to dismiss and denial of summary judgment inextricably intertwined
• “The question of municipal liability under section 1983 is one of federal law.”
• Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).