Vega v. Fox

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “The existence of a duty of care is a legal, policy-laden declaration reserved for judges.”
• “It is now well established in this circuit that private child-care institutions authorized by New York’s Social Services Law to care for neglected children are acting ‘under color of state law’ for purposes of [s]ection 1983.”
• “Private employers are not liable under section 1983 for the constitutional torts of their employees unless the plaintiff proves that action pursuant to official . . . policy of some nature caused a constitutional tort.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).