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· 12/15/1840

Nelson v. Botts

Citations

  • 16 La. 596

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  • finding that plaintiffs had not sufficiently plead deliberate indifference where the pleadings did not indicate that the funding recipient had failed to take appropriate remedial action upon gaining actual knowledge
  • rejecting intentional discrimination claim where plaintiffs’ proffered statistics did not compare percentages to any baseline
  • dismissing supervisory liability claims under Section 1983 where “there is no indication that they should have known that defendants under their supervision had violated plaintiffs’ rights.”
  • dismissing claim where the plaintiffs failed to allege discriminatory intent “above the speculative level”
  • “With regards to constitutional tort claims asserted against the City . . . the notice-of-claim requirement would apply absent an applicable exception.”

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Judges: Martin

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