20 F. Supp. 2d 404 - Jeffes v. Barnes’s Empirical Analysis
1998
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.
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“Id. at 421-22 . 32 The court found that there was not sufficient evidence to establish 33 any widespread practice, express or otherwise, authorizing acts of retaliation and harassment in cases where employees exercise their First Amendment rights, that would establish a permanent or well settled custom or usage with equal force of law. 34 Id. at 419 . The court also rejected plaintiffs' contention that the harassment was the result of the County's failure adequately to train or supervise other correction officers, given the lack of”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“the Sheriff was effectively put on notice that such [retaliatory] events could occur at the jail .... fails to establish any awareness on the part of Schenectady County.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“any evidence that [the] County was aware that the alleged retaliatory conduct had occurred or that employees had historically mishandled similar situations.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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