Lisa Brabbit v. Frank Capra

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that official capacity claims require the constitutional violation to be the result of an official policy
• no liability for a policy or custom claim where there was no underlying constitutional claim
• “Because there is no cognizable constitutional violation, there is no basis for Monell liability.”
• “Because there is no cognizable constitutional violation, there is no basis for Monell liability.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Allen Bloodworth, II v. Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners
  Eighth Circuit· 2023-12-22· cited 13×
• Anne Francisco v. Tom Villmer
  Eighth Circuit· 2024-07-26· cited 8×
• Piper Partridge v. City of Benton, Arkansas
  Eighth Circuit· 2025-11-10

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 41,449×
• Behrens v. Pelletier
  Supreme Court· 1996-02-21· cited 2,084×
• Arlena Kelly v. City of Omaha
  Eighth Circuit· 2016-02-18· cited 595×
• Sherry Luckert v. Dodge County
  Eighth Circuit· 2012-06-22· cited 250×
• Lockridge v. Board Of Trustees, Of The University Of Arkansas
  Eighth Circuit· 2003-01-14· cited 91×
• Rebecca Sterling v. Board of Trustees
  Eighth Circuit· 2022-08-01· cited 8×