Kanae v. Hodson’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Graham v. Connor · City of Canton v. Harris · Malley v. Briggs
Most-quoted passages
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“[t]he law does not say that every failure to discipline an officer who has shot someone is evidence of a ‘whitewash’ policy or some other policy of ‘sham’ investigations. The law does not say that, whenever an investigative group accepts an officer’s version over a victim’s differing version, this acceptance establishes a policy for which a municipality may be held liable under § 1983.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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