Legal Opinion
Wright v. Louisville Metro Government
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided February 25, 2022No. 3:21-cv-00308Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE DIVISION JENNIE V. WRIGHT, ET AL. PLAINTIFFS V. NO. 3:21-CV-308-BJB LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT, ET DEFENDANTS AL. * * * * * MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER The Wrights sued the Louisville Metro Government and several unknown officers for violations of their civil rights under federal civil-rights law—42 U.S.C. § 1983—and several state laws. The City moved to dismiss on the ground that the Wrights failed to state a claim for municipal liability under § 1983, as interpreted by the Supreme Court in Monell v. Department of Social…
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- Samuel Campbell v. City of Springboro, OhioCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2012
- In re: Donald TrumpCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2017
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