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COUNTY OF ADAMS v. HIBBARD

No. 94SC757.

918 P.2d 212 (1996)

COUNTY OF ADAMS, State of Colorado; Robert J. Loew and Darrel L. Matteson, Petitioners, v. Dean HIBBARD and H.D. Garrison, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 17, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hall & Evans, L.L.C., Alan Epstein, David R. Brougham, Josh A. Marks, Denver, for Petitioners.

Gilbert Goldstein, Denver, Darrel L. Campbell, Englewood, for Respondents.

Justice SCOTT delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The Supreme Court in Monroe v. Pape, 365 U.S. 167, 187, 81 S.Ct. 473, 484, 5 L.Ed.2d 492 (1961), held that 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988) must be "read against the background ... that makes a [person] responsible for the natural consequences of his [or her] actions." Today, thirty years hence, we must decide whether a county or county officials may be held accountable under §...

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