City of St. Louis v. Praprotnik
- Decided
- March 2, 1988
- Docket
- 86-772
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
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What later courts said
- holding that the question of whether a municipal official is a policymaking official is a matter of state law to be decided by the court — Godin v. Machiasport School Department Board of Directors (2011)
- holding that the “authority to make municipal policy is necessarily the authority to make final policy” — Agosto v. New York City Department of Education (2020)
- holding that whether an individual is authorized to make policy is a question of state law — Carmona v. City of Costa Mesa (2004)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
Justice O’Connor announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which The Chief Justice, Justice White, and Justice Scalia join.
This case calls upon us to define the proper legal standard for determining when isolated decisions by municipal officials or employees may expose the municipality itself to liability under 42 U. S. C. § 1983.
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City of St. Louis v. Praprotnik, 485 U.S. 112 (1988)Read the full opinion
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