Polk County v. Dodson, No. 80-824 (U.S. Supreme Court) (454 U.S. 312; 102 S.Ct. 455) (December 14, 1981) (Justice Powell)
The defendant/petitioners in this case, Polk County, its public defender's office, its board of supervisors, and a public defender, challenged a decision of the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, which reversed the district court's dismissal of plaintiff convict's 42 U.S.C.S. § 1983 action alleging that the public defender …
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