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· 8/28/1989

Frank Kevin Pool v. Missouri Department of Corrections and Human Resources Dick Moore John Ashcroft

Citations

  • 883 F.2d 640
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 12752
  • 1989 WL 98758

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  • finding supervisors can be liable under § 1983 if they knew their “subordinates caused deprivations of constitutional rights and [they] demonstrated deliberate indifference or ‘tacit authorization’ of the offensive acts by failing to take steps to remedy them”

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Judges: Gibson, Magill, Heaney

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