· 12/28/1989
Stratton v. City of Boston
Citations
- 731 F. Supp. 42
- 1989 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16461
- 1989 WL 197157
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the Boston Police Department is not an independent legal entity; it is a department within the City of Boston
- explaining that because the Boston Police department is not an independent legal entity but rather a department of the City of Boston, it is not a suable entity
- “[T]he [Boston] Police Department is not an independent legal entity. It is a department of the City of Boston.”
- “[T]he [Boston] Police Department is not an independent legal entity.”
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Judges: Keeton
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