529 F. Supp. 504 - Mackay v. Lowe’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
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cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
June 2009
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Imbler v. Pachtman · Rizzo v. Goode · Polk County v. Dodson · District of Columbia v. Carter
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“[Ijmposition of vicarious liability on supervisory officials for allegedly unconstitutional acts by their subordinates “is inappropriate because supervisors and their subordinates are fellow servants of the same master-employer ... and thus the master-servant relationship, a prerequisite for vicarious liability, is lacking between these individuals.””
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