Owen v. City of Independence
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| Owen v. City of Independence | ||||||||||
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| Argued January 8, 1980 Decided April 16, 1980 |
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| Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger Associate Justices: William J. Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens |
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| Majority by: Brennan Joined by: White, Marshall, Blackmun, and Stevens Dissent by: Powell Joined by: Burger, Stewart and Rehnquist |
Owen v. City of Independence, was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court, in which the court held that a municipality has no immunity from liability under Section 1983 flowing from its constitutional violations and may not assert the good faith of its officers as a defense to such liability.
[edit] See also
List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 445
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