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David Achtenberg

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UMKC School of Law

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Monell v. Department of Social Services

Bibliography of Articles on Monell and its Progeny

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 Monell and its progeny.  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be happy to include almost any published article, comment or note that a visitor thinks would be appropriate as well as unpublished pieces.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. 

 
Author Title
Citation
Year Link
Achtenberg, David Taking History Seriously: Municipal Liability Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Debate Over Respondeat Superior
73 Fordham L. Rev. 2183
2005  
Bandes, Susan Introduction: The Emperor's New Clothes
48 DePaul L. Rev. 619
1999  
Bandes, Susan Monell, Parratt, Daniels, and Davidson: Distinguishing a Custom or Policy from a Random, Unauthorized Act
72 Iowa L. Rev. 101
1986  
Beermann, Jack Municipal Responsibility for Constitutional Torts
48 DePaul L. Rev. 627
1999  
Blum, Karen Municipal Liability
48 DePaul L. Rev. 687
1999  
Brown, George    Municipal Liability under § 1983 and the Ambiguities of Burger Court Federalism
27 B.C.L.Rev. 883
1986  
Brown, Mark The Failure of Fault Under § 1983: Municipal Liability for State Law Enforcement
84 Cornell L. Rev. 1503
1999  
Brown, Mark  Correlating Municipal Liability and Official Immunity Under
§ 1983
1989 U.Ill.L.Rev. 625
1989  
Brown, Mark   Accountability in Government and § 1983
25 U.Mich.J.L. Ref. 53 
1991  
Chase, Oscar
Chase, Arlo Monell 
Monell: The Story Behind the Landmark
31 Urb. Law. 491
1999  
Colbert, Douglas Bifurcation of Civil Rights Defendants:
Undermining Monellin Police Brutality Cases
44 Hastings L.J. 499
1993  
Cushman, Steven Municipal Liability under § 1983:
Toward a New Definition of Municipal Policymaker
34 B.C.L. Rev. 693
1993  
Frankel, Richard Regulating Privatized Government Through § 1983
--U.Chi.L. Rev.--
2009  
Gerhardt, Michael Institutional Analysis of Municipal Liability Under
§ 1983
48 DePaul L. Rev. 669
1999  
Gerhardt, Michael The Monell Legacy: Balancing Federalism Concerns and
Municipal Accountability under § 1983
62 S.Cal.L. Rev. 539
1989  
Gilles, Myriam Breaking the Code of Silence. Rediscovering "Custom"
in § 1983 Municipal Liability
80 B.U.L. Rev. 17
2000  
Hamilton, David The Importance and Overuse of Policy and Custom Claims:
A View from One Trench
48 DePaul L. Rev. 723
1999  
Harrington, Eric Judicial Misuse of History and § 1983:
Toward a Purpose-Based Approach
85 Tex. L. Rev. 999
2007  
Kaczorowski, Robert Reflection on Monell's Analysis of the Legislative History
of § 1983
31 Urb. Law. 407 
1999  
Kinports, Kit The Buck Does Not Stop Here:
Supervisory Liability in § 1983 Cases
1997 U. Ill. L. Rev. 147
1997  
Kritchevsky, Barbara Civil Rights Liability of Private Entities
26 Cardozo L. Rev. 81
2004  
Kritchevsky, Barbara Making Sense of State of Mind: Determining Responsibility
in § 1983 Municipal Liability Litigation
60 G.W. L. Rev. 417
1992  
Kritchevsky, Barbara Reexamining Monell: Basing § 1983 Municipal
Liability Doctrine on the Statutory Language
31 Urb. Law. 437
1999  
Levin, Ronald The § 1983 Municipal Immunity Doctrine
65 Geo. L. J. 1483
1977  
Lewis, Harold
Blumhoff, Theodore
Reshaping § 1983's Asymetry
140 Pa. L. Rev. 755
1982  
Manley, Robert Effective But Messy, Monell Should Endure
31 Urb. Law. 481
1999  
Mead, Susanah  42 U.S.C. § 1983 Municipal Liability: The MonellSketch
Becomes a Distorted Picture
65 N.C.L. Rev. 518
1987  
Oliver, Solomon  Municipal Liability for Police Misconduct under
42 U.S.C. § 1983 after City of Oklahoma City v. Tuttle
64 Wash.U.L.Q. 151
1986  
Oren, Laura If Monell Were Reconsidered: Sexual Abuse and the
Scope-of-Employment Doctrine in the Common Law
31 Urb. Law. 527
1999  
Schnapper, Eric Civil Rights Litigation After Monell
79 Colum. L. Rev 213
1979  
Snyder, Barbara Rook  The Final Authority Analysis: A Unified Approach to
Municipal Liability under § 1983
1986 Wis.L.Rev. 633
1986  
Taylor, G. Flint  A Litigatior's View of Discovery and Proof in Police
Misconduct Policy and Practice Cases
48 DePaul L. Rev. 747
1999  
Turner, Ronald Employer Liability for Supervisory Hostile Environmnet Sexual Harassment: Comparing Title VII's and § 1983's Regulatory Regimes
31 Urb Law. 503
1999  
Whitman, Christina Government Responsibility for Constitutional Torts
85 Mich.L. Rev. 225
1986