City of Canton v. Harris, No. 86-1088 (U.S. Supreme Court) (489 U.S. 378; 109 S.Ct. 1197) (February 28, 1989) (Justice White)
In this case, the Court held that deliberate indifference was the minimum standard of culpability necessary to maintain a ยง 1983 due process action against a municipality for a policy or custom of inadequate training of police officers. The Court reasoned that a municipality's inadequate training of its employees can ...
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