Legal Opinion
Swint v. Chambers County Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 1, 1995No. 93-1636PublishedCited by 1,311 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
In the wake of successive police raids on a nightclub in Chambers County, Alabama, two of the club’s owners joined by an employee and a patron (petitioners here) sued the Chambers County Commission (respondent here), the city of Wadley, and three individual police officers. Petitioners sought damages and other relief, pursuant to 42 U. S. C. § 1988, for alleged civil rights violations. We granted certiorari to review the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, which held that the Chambers County Commission qualified for summary judgment because the sheriff who…
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