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Document Type

Article

Media Type

Text

Abstract

A characterization of the Owen decision, which denies municipalities a good faith defense, as part of a judicial trend to increase an individual's access to federal courts for violations of section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act.

First Page

141

Last Page

154

Publication Date

11-1-1980

Department

College of Law

ISSN

0734-1490

Language

eng

Publisher

Northern Illinois University Law Review

Suggested Citation

Ronald F. Wittmeyer, Note, Owen v. City of Independence: Municipal Liability, An Evolving Trend, 1 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 141 (1980).

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