Zarnow v. CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEX.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “the misconduct of the subordinate must be conclusively linked to the action or inaction of the supervisor,” and the supervisor must have shown deliberate indifference
• holding that the law of the case doctrine “does not operate to prevent a district court from reconsidering prior rulings” and that the doctrine is “designed to prevent unnecessary reconsideration of previously decided issues”
• concluding, from promulgation of \General Orders\ by police chief, that he was final policymaking authority for \internal police policy\
• concluding, from promulgation of “General Orders” by police chief, that he was final policymaking authority for “internal police policy”
• finding that a Texas city police chief was a final policymaker even when the city council retained oversight of the police chief
• noting that a failure-to-train claim requires a showing that the municipality—here, AISD—was deliberately indifferent in adopting its training policy

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).