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PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.
The issue in this case is whether a municipality can be held liable for the misconduct of its employees under the doctrine of respondeat superior in a civil rights action brought directly under the fourteenth amendment and the general federal question statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1331. John E. Jones, appellee, filed this suit against the City of Memphis and certain John Doe police officers who, in the course of their employment...
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