Catlett v. Jefferson County

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing: “The Missouri Supreme Court held long ago that departments of a municipality cannot be sued unless statutory authorization to sue and be sued has been given to the department.”
• finding the West Memphis Police Department was not a juridical entity capable of being sued
• granting motion to dismiss because sheriff’s department and medical department lacked capacity to be sued under Missouri law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).