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TURPIN v. MAILET

No. 427, Docket 79-7562.

619 F.2d 196 (1980)

Thomas TURPIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph MAILET et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Scholder, New Haven, Conn. (Robert E. Reilly, Corp. Counsel, Charles H. Fischer, Jr., Asst. Corp. Counsel, West Haven, Conn., of counsel), for defendant-appellant, City of West Haven.

Michael Avery, Boston, Mass. (John R. Williams, Williams & Wise, New Haven, Conn., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MOORE and MANSFIELD, Circuit Judges, and PALMIERI, District Judge.

MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:

With the decision in Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978), the Supreme Court permitted local governmental entities to be sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for constitutional violations caused by acts committed pursuant to "official policy." This case raises the question of what type conduct on the part of municipal employees can constitute an "official...

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