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City of Springfield Vs. Kibbe

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Feb 25, 1987

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  1. Oklahoma City Vs. Tuttle US Supreme Court · Jun 03, 1985
  2. Polk County Vs. Dodson US Supreme Court · Dec 14, 1981
  3. U.S. 257 (1987) U.S. Supreme Court City of Springfield v. Kibbe
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  4. U.S. 257 (1987) City of Springfield v. Kibbe
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  5. Certiorari was granted in this case to resolve the question whether, consistently with the decision in Monell v. New
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  6. to reversing a judgment because of instructions that petitioner accepted, and indeed itself requested. Oklahoma City v. Tuttle
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  7. PER CURIAM. We granted certiorari to resolve the question whether, consistently with our decision in Monell v. New
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  8. this question. We ordinarily will not decide questions not raised or litigated in the lower courts. See California v. Taylor
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  9. There is doubtless no jurisdictional bar to our reaching it, whether or not the Court of Appeals did so. See Carlson v. Green
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  10. upon the latter point, since it is of no general application.) Page 480 U. S. 260 Unlike Oklahoma City v. Tuttle
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  11. For these reasons, we have concluded that the writ should be dismissed as improvidently granted. See Belcher v. Stengel
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  12. rule of Oklahoma City v. Tuttle
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  13. under Monell v. New
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  14. F.2d at 803. The Court of Appeals observed that, while the plurality opinion in Oklahoma City v. Tuttle
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  15. purposes of appellate review of the denial of a directed verdict or judgment notwithstanding the verdict. See Ebker v. Tan
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  16. Hanson v. Ford
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  17. the city relied on Wellington v. Daniels
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  18. F.2d 932 (CA4 1983), and Languirand v. Hayden
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  19. See Page 480 U. S. 265 Wellington v. Daniels
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  20. Languirand v. Hayden
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  21. municipal liability. See 777 F.2d at 803. The court acknowledged, however, that the decision in Oklahoma City v. Tuttle
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  22. Husty v. United
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  23. Duignan v. United
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  24. for the Court to reach the question on which it granted certiorari, and I would do so. III In Monell v. New
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  25. find a direct causal connection between municipal conduct and the constitutional deprivation. See, e.g., Oklahoma City v. Tuttle
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  26. is a matter of statutory interpretation, rather than of common tort law. Cf. Martinez v. California
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  27. Fiacco v. Rensselaer
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  28. Languirand v. Hayden
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  29. Patzner v. Burkett
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  30. Wellington v. Daniels
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  31. before finding Monell liability. See Voutour v. Vitale
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  32. U.S. Supreme Court City of Springfield v. Kibbe
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  33. Monell v. New
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  34. See California v. Taylor
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  35. See Carlson v. Green
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  36. Unlike Oklahoma City v. Tuttle
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  37. See Belcher v. Stengel
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  38. of Oklahoma City v. Tuttle
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  39. See Ebker v. Tan
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  40. and Languirand v. Hayden
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  41. III In Monell v. New
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  42. Cf. Martinez v. California
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  43. Fiacco v. Rensselaer
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  44. See Voutour v. Vitale
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