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TURPIN v. MAILET

No. 317, Docket 77-7345.

591 F.2d 426 (1979)

Thomas TURPIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph MAILET and John Doe, Individually and as police officers of the Police Department of the City of West Haven, and City of West Haven, Defendants, and City of West Haven, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, En Banc.

January 16, 1979.

PER CURIAM:

In Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978), the Supreme Court overruled Monroe v. Pape, 365 U.S. 167, 81 S.Ct. 473, 5 L.Ed.2d 492 (1961), and decided that under certain circumstances, local governments are liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for invasions of constitutional rights. We have been directed to reconsider, in light...

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