Timothy T. Coates , Counsel of Record, Alison M. Turner , Lillie Hsu, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP, Los Angeles, California, Mark D. Rutter , Carpenter, Rothans & Dumont, Los Angeles, California, for Petitioner Los Angeles County, California.
Justice BREYER delivered the opinion of the Court.
In Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.,436 U.S. 658, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978), this Court held that civil rights plaintiffs suing a municipal entity under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 must show that their injury was caused by a municipal policy or custom. The case before the Court in Monell directly involved monetary damages. The question presented is...
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