· 9/19/1984
Rhonda R. Milligan v. The City of Newport News
Citations
- 743 F.2d 227
- 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 18442
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- “[A] policy or custom may possibly be inferred from continued inaction in the face of a known history of widespread constitutional deprivations ... “
- “[A] municipal policy or custom giving rise to § 1983 liability will not be inferred merely from municipal inaction in the face of isolated constitutional deprivations by municipal employees.”
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Judges: Widener, Phillips, Murnaghan
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