Legal Opinion
Popham v. City of Talladega
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 20, 1990No. 89-7499PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal from a grant of summary judgment for the defendants arises out of a Christmas Eve jail suicide. Kathy Popham, widow of the decedent, filed a 42 U.S.C.A. *1563§ 1983 action against the City of Talladega and various of its officials,1 claiming due process violations and state law relief under the wrongful death statutes of the State of Alabama.
The district court held for the defendants, finding first, that there was no official policy or custom to support an official capacity claim against the City and the individual city employees, and second, that the defendants did not show…
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