Whitesel v. Jefferson County

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that non-judicial officers did not act in clear absence of all jurisdiction
• concluding that non-judicial officers did not act in clear absence of all jurisdiction
• stating that the “essential inquiry is whether the [party] should reasonably have recognized the possibility that the motion might be converted to one for summary judgment” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• stating that a local government “cannot be liable for merely implementing a policy created by the state,” although liability may attach if the local government was the “moving force” behind the violation
• stating that a local government “cannot be liable for merely implementing a policy created by the state,” although liability may attach if the local government was the “moving force” behind the violation
• stating that a local government “cannot be liable for merely implementing a policy created by the state,” although liability may attach if the local government was the “moving force” behind the violation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).