Sprague v. City of Burley

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• using “reason for the arrest” and “cause of the arrest” interchangeably
• using \reason for the arrest\ and \cause of the arrest\ interchangeably
• liability can only be imposed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 “for deprivations caused by a particular defendant, and [it is] difficult to find such causation where habihty is imposed merely because of an employment relationship”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).