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· 3/8/1954

Ward v. Ellis

Citations

  • 347 U.S. 924

How courts have described this case

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

  • “This Court need not consider claims that have not been pleaded in the complaint.”
  • “Where a municipal body is vested with this sort of fiscal obligation to a jail, its liability for insufficient funding or maintenance will depend on its knowledge of conditions at the jail.”

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