Legal Opinion
Banks v. Slay
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 17, 2017No. 16-3459, No. 16-3461, No. 16-3462, No. 16-4171PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.
• A core tenet of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 jurisprudence is that an official-capacity suit against an individual is really a suit against that official’s government entity. This case -applies that principle,- as the primary issue we are called upon to decide is whether—under the facts of this case—a properly served, yet unnamed, government entity may evade a judgment obtained solely against an employee in his official capacity. Our answer, flowing from settled precedent, is that it may not. We affirm the district court1 and, on cross-appeal, affirm its orders on post-judgment…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Brandon v. HoltSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Perdue v. Kenny A. ex rel. WinnSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- Griffin v. GriffinSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by44 opinions
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