Joe Church, Gregory Jacobs, Michael Dooly, and Frank Chisom v. City of Huntsville

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• concluding that comments of one city councilman suggesting an unconstitutional motive was insufficient to show that the city council had authorized an unconstitutional policy
• holding that one 1991 study’s single use of the word “rousted” was “not conclusive” as to the existence of City effort to expel the homeless in 1993
• recognizing that when plaintiffs fail to establish a substantial likelihood of success on the merits, the other prerequisites need not be addressed
• ruling that “random acts or isolated incidents” are not enough to establish liability pursuant to a policy, custom, or practice (quotations omitted) (citations omitted)
• recognizing that when plaintiffs fail to establish a substantial likelihood of success on the merits, the other prerequisites need not be addressed
• holding that plaintiff’s failure to establish substantial likelihood of success on the merits warranted denial of the motion for preliminary injunction

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