Legal Opinion
Post v. City of Fort Lauderdale
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided November 15, 1990No. 89-6810-CIV-GONZALEZPublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
GONZALEZ, District Judge.
THIS CAUSE came before the Court upon the joint Motion To Dismiss filed by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department and the Fort Lauderdale Building and Zoning Department.
A. Summary
In Monell v. Dept. of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978), the Supreme Court held that “municipalities and other local government units” are “persons” subject to liability for violating 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This motion raises the issue of whether departments, divisions, etc., of a municipality are proper parties to a lawsuit or whether instead only the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- City of St. Louis v. PraprotnikSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Martinez v. WinnerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
- Shelby v. City of AtlantaDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1984
- State of Missouri Ex Rel. Minnie E. T. Gore, Jennye Robinson v. R. Dean Wochner, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by49 opinions
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- Cronin v. Town of AmesburyDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1995
- Smith-Berch, Inc. v. Baltimore County, Md.District Court, D. Maryland · 1999
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