Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Pinkerton v. McCotter
Pinkerton v. McCotter, 473 U.S. 925 (1985)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1985-08-15
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- holding that once a municipal policy is established, “it requires only one application ... to satisfy fully Monell’s requirement that a municipal corporation be held liable only for constitutional violations resulting from the municipality’s official policy”
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C. A. 5th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death scheduled for Thursday, August 15, 1985, presented to Justice White, and by him referred to the Court, is granted pending the disposition by this Court of the petition for writ of certiorari. Should the petition for writ of certiorari be denied, this stay terminates automatically. In the event the petition for writ of certiorari is granted, this stay shall continue pending the sending down of the judgment of this Court.
The Chief Justice and Justice White would deny the application. Justice Rehnquist took no part in the consideration or decision of this application.