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Supreme Court· 1/21/1985

Brandon v. Holt

Citations

  • 469 U.S. 464
  • 105 S. Ct. 873
  • 83 L. Ed. 2d 878
  • 1985 U.S. LEXIS 44
  • 53 U.S.L.W. 4122
  • 40 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 861

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that an \official capacity\ claim is against the defendant's office only, not the individual defendant
  • holding that a municipality is not entitled to qualified immunity under Sec. 1983 for actions by its agents taken in their official capacity
  • holding that an official sued in his official capacity may not take advantage of a qualified immunity defense
  • holding that an “official capacity” claim is against the defendant’s office only, not the individual defendant
  • holding that a court should decide the legal issues without requiring a formal amendment of the complaint where the allegations plainly identify a claim
  • recognizing that decision in Newport bars punitive damages in suit against official sued in official capacity

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Judges: Blackmun, Brennan, Burger, Marshall, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens, White

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