Ernest C. Williams v. A. Mensey R. Bordeaux J. Simmons v. Vaughn Armstrong W. Pecha St. Louis County Edward M. Moreland William Breeding

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• affirming judgment as a matter of law because the correctional officers’ alleged misconduct in carrying out an official’s order, and not the order itself, was the cause of the constitutional deprivation
• “However, the county cannot be liable ‘solely because it employs a tortfeasor—or, in other words [it] cannot be liable under § 1983 on a respondeat superior theory.’”
• “However, the county cannot be liable ‘solely because it employs a tortfeasor—or, in other words [it] cannot be liable under § 1983 on a respondeat superior theory.’”
• “However, the county cannot be liable ‘solely because it employs a tortfeasor—or, in other words [it] cannot be liable under § 1983 on a respondeat superior theory.’”

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