Mummau, O. Howard v. Ranck, Michael, District Attorney, Lancaster County, Buckwalter, Ronald, Former District Attorney, Lancaster County

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an assistant district attorney (ADA) who only prosecuted juvenile cases and was not involved in the policymaking details of the office was a policymaker because regardless of whether the ADAs actually exercised all their powers, the powers granted to ADAs were broad
• position of assistant district attorney is one for which party affiliation is an appropriate requirement
• “That an assistant district attorney ‘could conceivably operate in such a legal/technical manner,’ or that appellant in fact so limited himself to the role described is irrelevant.”
• affirming summary judgment in favor of defendants

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