Moss v. Kopp

How courts have described this case

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• finding that plaintiffs did not state a claim against a city in part because it did not allege that city’ policymaker approved the alleged unconstitutional conduct
• explaining that “as long as the government entity receives notice and an opportunity to respond, an official-capacity suit is, in all respects other than name, to be treated as a suit against the entity”
• stating that an official’s quasi- judicial immunity derives from judicial immunity
• stating that an official’s quasi-judicial immunity derives from judicial immunity
• affirming Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal because plaintiffs failed to allege any conduct by the sheriff or county apart from their employees’ actions
• affirming dismissal of Monell claim where plaintiffs essentially claimed that conduct of deputies alone could support municipal liability

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