Dubbs Ex Rel. Dubbs v. Head Start, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that traditional municipal liability principles apply to claims brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against private corporations
• holding that a private entity can only be held liable under Section 1983 if it had a policy that was the direct cause or moving force behind the constitutional violations
• recognizing that many courts have applied this doctrine to private § 1983 defendants
• stating that “caselaw from this and other circuits has extended the Monell doctrine to private § 1983 defendants
• stating that “caselaw from this and other circuits has extended the Monell doctrine to private § 1983 defendants.”
• explaining that the doctrine of municipal liability extends to private § 1983 defendants acting under color of state law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).