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· 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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