Putnam Trust Co. v. Hutter

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “vague, conclusory allegations that [a municipality] permitted, tolerated, and covered up police abuses, while failing to discipline and supervise offending police officers” were insufficient for Monell liability
• holding that “mere allegations of a municipal custom or practice of tolerating official misconduct are insufficient to demonstrate the existence of such a custom unless supported by factual details”
• holding that “mere allegations of a municipal custom or practice of tolerating official misconduct are insufficient to demonstrate the existence of such a custom unless supported by factual details”
• holding that “mere allegations of a municipal custom or practice of tolerating official misconduct are insufficient to demonstrate the existence of such a custom unless supported by factual details” and collecting cases
• noting that to demonstrate a practice is sufficiently widespread and crystalized to constitute a custom under Monell, “a plaintiff must prove that the custom at issue is permanent and well-settled” (citing Praprotnik, 485 U.S. at 127)
• noting that to demonstrate a practice is sufficiently widespread and crystalized to constitute a custom under Monell, “a plaintiff must prove that the custom at issue is permanent and well-settled” (citing Praprotnik, 485 U.S. at 127)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).