Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Ridzon v. Mollenkopf
439 U.S. 974
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1978-11-27
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- damage action maintainable where actions “authorized, sanctioned or ratified by municipal officials or bodies functioning at a policy-making level”
- Board of Police Commissioners rewarded policeman, found liable for use of excessive force, with a promotion
- fourteenth amendment cause of action lies
Citator
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 52 opinions
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