· 2/3/2009

Best v. City of Portland

Citations

554 F.3d 698
2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 2289
2009 WL 234335

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

a police department is not a person subject to suit under § 1983
“[A] police department is not a suable entity under [Section] 1983.”
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Judges: Manion, Williams, and Sykes, Circuit Judges

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