Legal Opinion
County of Adams v. Hibbard
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 17, 1996No. 94SC757Published
1Opinion of the Court
918 P.2d 212 (1996)
COUNTY OF ADAMS, State of Colorado; Robert J. Loew and Darrel L. Matteson, Petitioners,
v.
Dean HIBBARD and H.D. Garrison, Respondents.
No. 94SC757.
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.
June 17, 1996.
Hall & Evans, L.L.C., Alan Epstein, David R. Brougham, Josh A. Marks, Denver, for Petitioners.
Gilbert Goldstein, Denver, Darrel L. Campbell, Englewood, for Respondents.
Justice SCOTT delivered the Opinion of the Court.
The Supreme Court in Monroe v. Pape, 365 U.S. 167, 187, 81 S.Ct. 473, 484, 5 L.Ed.2d 492 (1961), held that 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988) must be "read against the background…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Pembaur v. City of CincinnatiSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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