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· 12/9/1997

Quinn v. Ingham

Citations

  • 185 F.R.D. 296
  • 42 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 1156
  • 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23529

How courts have described this case

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

  • “Naming a municipal department as a defendant is not an 24 appropriate means of pleading a § 1983 action against a municipality.”
  • “if individuals are being sued in their official capacity as 24 1 municipal officials and the municipal entity itself is also being sued, then claims against the 2 individuals are duplicative and should be dismissed.”

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Judges: Schlatter

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