Fernando Rojas v. Alexander's Department Store, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• observing that the theory by which municipalities may be held liable under § 1983, established in Monell v. Dep’t of Social Serv., 436 U.S. 658, 691 (1978), has been extended to private businesses
• explaining, in the context of § 1983, that for private businesses as for municipalities, “action pursuant to official . . . policy” is required to establish personal involvement
• “Private employers are not liable under § 1983 for the constitutional torts of their employees.”
• “Although Monell dealt with municipal employers, its rationale has been extended to private businesses.”
• “Private employers are not liable under § 1983 for the constitutional torts of their employees, unless the plaintiff proves that action pursuant to official policy of some nature caused a constitutional tort.”
• “Private employers are not liable under § 1983 for the constitutional torts of their employees, unless the plaintiff proves that action pursuant to official policy of some nature caused a constitutional tort.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).