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BURGER v. COUNTY OF MACON

No. 18-3430.

942 F.3d 372 (2019)

Amanda Maxwell BURGER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF MACON and Albert Jay Scott, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 7, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dawn Louise Wall , Attorney, COSTIGAN & WOLLRAB, P.C., Bloomington, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael J. Atkus , William W. Kurnik , Attorneys, KNIGHT, HOPPE, KURNIK & KNIGHT, LTD., Rosemont, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Easterbrook, Kanne, and Brennan, Circuit Judges.

Under Monell v. New York City Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978), local governments may be liable for violating individuals' rights guaranteed by federal law. But local governments are responsible only for "their own illegal acts";...

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