Randolph County v. Alabama Power Company

IT IS ORDERED as follows:

On its own motion the court makes the following change in its slip opinion dated March 18, 1986. On page 2435 of the slip opinion, at page 1072-73 of 784 F.2d, delete the entire portion beginning with the words “The fact that public entities” through the sentence “We need add nothing more,” and substitute the following therefor:

Although Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978), undercut the rationale of Birchfield that a municipality cannot sue under section 1983 because Monroe v. Pape, 365 U.S. 167, 81 S.Ct. 473, 5…