Legal Opinion
Manor Healthcare Corp. v. Lomelo
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 25, 1991No. Nos. 89-6203, 90-5459PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we affirm the district court's rulings (1) that a municipality is not necessarily liable, in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit, for a city official’s criminal activities, although the activities are related to the city official’s area of responsibility, and (2) that a prevailing party, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(d), may recover costs, although the costs were paid by a non-party.
FACTS
Manor Health Care (Manor) is a Delaware corporation engaged in the business of building and operating nursing homes throughout the United States. In December, 1982,…
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