County of Adams v. Hibbard
Supreme Court of Colorado
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
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 ... that makes a [person] responsible for the natural consequences of his [or her] actions.” Today, thirty years hence, we must decide whether a county or county officials may be held accountable under § 1983 for conduct that is designed to cause the outright destruction of a citizen’s property. On the record before us, we conclude that the intentional misconduct of county officials causing the destruction'of private property…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
2Cases cited15 opinions
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