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· 3/14/2002

Liliana Cuesta v. School Board of Miami-Dade

Citations

  • 285 F.3d 962
  • 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 4143
  • 2002 WL 397215

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that school officials had reasonable suspicion when the student created violent drawings and used threatening words
  • explaining how plaintiff can establish municipal liability by identifying (1) an official policy of the municipality, (2) an unofficial custom or practice that is “so permanent and well settled as to constitute a custom and usage with the force of law[,]” or (3
  • plaintiff charged with distributing publications that “tend to expose persons to hatred, contempt, or ridicule”
  • violent and hateful language in pamphlets distributed by school children included in arrest affidavit
  • “It is not sufficient for a government body’s policy to be tangentially related to a constitutional deprivation.”
  • “It is not sufficient for a government body’s policy to be tangentially related to a constitutional deprivation.”

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Judges: Carnes, Barkett, Kravitch

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