Ward v. Dodson

How courts have described this case

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

• “in determining the capacity in which a defendant is sued, courts should look to the complaint and the course of the proceedings”
• In determining the capacity in which a defendant is sued, courts should look to “the complaint and the course of proceedings.”
• “in determining the capacity in which a defendant is sued, courts should look to the complaint and the course of the proceedings”
• renewal action filed against deputy sheriff in his official capacity not permitted where original action was filed against deputy sheriff in his individual capacity
• suit against public employee in his official capacity is a suit against the State

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).