Kansas v. Cheever

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that a district court does not need to address Monell liability if it finds no underlying constitutional violation
• explaining that “[b]ecause the district court properly found no underlying constitutional violation, its decision not to address the municipal defendants’ liability under Monell was entirely correct”
• observing that there must be an underlying constitutional violation to support a Monell claim
• noting the district court “was entirely correct” in declining to address plaintiff’s Monell claim after finding no underlying constitutional violation
• “Because the district court properly found no underlying constitutional violation, its decision not to address the municipal defendants’ liability under Monell was entirely correct.”
• “Because the district court properly found no underlying constitutional violation, its decision not to address the municipal defendants’ liability under Monell was entirely correct.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).