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Bibliography of Articles on Praprotnik

This list of articles is an entirely unscientific selection and is simply intended as a beginning.  Please e-mail me identifying additional articles dealing with Praprotnik.  I will be happy to include almost any published article, comment or note that a visitor thinks would be appropriate as well as unpublished pieces.  Feel free to suggest your own work.  Please include the author's name, the citation, and (if available) a url link.  I intend to err on the side of inclusion. 

For articles about Monell and its progeny generally, see the Monell Bibliography Page.

 
Author Title
Citation
Year
Callahan, Robert A. "Policymaker" Identification in a Section 1983 Cause of Action:  From Monell to Praprotnik; Problems Remaining
40 Drake L.Rev 149
1991
Comer, Steven E. Municipal Liability Under Section 1983: The Rationale Underlying the Final Authority Doctrine
44 Vand. L. Rev. 341
1991
Cushman, Steven S. Municipal Liability Under § 1983: Toward a New Definition of Municipal Policymaker
34 B.C. L. Rev. 693
1993
Gilles, Myriam E. Breaking the Code of Silence: Rediscovering "Custom" in Section 1983 Municipal Liability
80 B.U.L.Rev 17
2000
Hansen,  Jack C. Municipal Liability Under 42 U.S.C. §1983 and the Ratification Theory of City of St. Louis v. Praprotnik:
An Analysis of Federal Circuit Treatment
27 J. Legis. 361
2001
Taylor, G. Flint Municipal Liability Litigation in Police Misconduct Cases from Monroe to Praprotnik and Beyond
19 Cumb. L. Rev 447
1989
Welch, Terrence S. &
Hofmeister, Kent S.
Praprotnik, Municipal Policy and Policymakers: The Supreme Court's Constriction of Municipal Liability
13 S. Ill. L. J 857
1989