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· 10/5/1981

Tamargo v. United States

Citations

  • 454 U.S. 824
  • 102 S. Ct. 112
  • 50 U.S.L.W. 3245
  • 70 L. Ed. 2d 98
  • 1981 U.S. LEXIS 3202

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  • training that is so reckless or grossly negligent that future police misconduct is almost inevitable or is substantially certain to result may give rise to municipal liability
  • “ ‘Where ... the damages include loss of profits which would have been earned after the wrong, interest from [the breach date] would be a penalty rather than compensation.’ ”
  • “Strict construction is particularly appropriate where, as here, the statute in question is in derogation of common law rights.”
  • the plain terms of the PMPA do not provide protection to a non-franchisee and “the legislative history of the act expresses no congressional intent to go beyond these plain terms.”
  • Conservation Commission, charged by the legislature with public duty of monitoring natural resources, has technical expertise available to make the necessary findings to support the use of a reservoir for storage.

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