William H. Garvie v. City of Fort Walton Beach

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a municipal entity, “by actively endorsing or approving the conduct of its employees or officials, may be held responsible for it”
• holding that the grant 17 Case: 17-12570 Date Filed: 01/07/2019 Page: 18 of 18 of summary judgment did not violate the Seventh Amendment
• recognizing that allegations that a defendant “failed to comply with state laws are not federal constitutional claims”
• holding that a plaintiff must demonstrate that local government policymakers had an opportunity to review the subordinate’s decision and agreed with both the decision and the decision’s basis
• holding that a grant of summary judgment did not violate the Seventh Amendment
• explaining that a plaintiff had no right to a jury trial when no factual dispute existed for a jury to resolve

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).