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CITY OF SPRINGFIELD v. KIBBE

No. 85-1217.

480 U.S. 257 (1987)

CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS v. KIBBE, ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF THURSTON

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 25, 1987

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Pikula argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Richard T. Egan and Harry P. Carroll.

Terry Scott Nagel argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were J. Levonne Chambers and Eric Schnapper.*

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. by Marjorie Heins, Jack D. Novik, Howard Friedman, Michael Avery, and David Rudovsky; and for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People by Grover G. Hankins.

PER CURIAM.

We granted certiorari to resolve the question whether consistently with our decision in Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 (1978), a municipality can be held liable under 42 U. S. C. § 1983 for inadequate training of its employees.† 475 U.S. 1064 (1986). In addressing that issue, we anticipated that we would be able to reach the "fairly included...

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