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· 1/21/1921

Wallace v. Cook

Citations

  • 190 Ky. 262
  • 227 S.W. 279
  • 1921 Ky. LEXIS 426

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that “general allegations” against a municipal defendant were “conclusory, and therefore must be disregarded” (citation and quotation marks omitted)
  • declining to exercise jurisdiction over the plaintiff’s state law claims where the federal claims had been dismissed
  • “[T]o survive a motion to dismiss, Plaintiff cannot, through conclusory allegations, merely assert the existence of a municipal policy or custom but must allege facts tending to support, at least circumstantially, an inference that such a municipal policy or custom exists.”
  • collecting cases in which a plaintiff concedes dismissal

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Judges: Thomas

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