Owen v. City of Independence

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Owen v. City of Independence
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 8, 1980 Decided April 16, 1980
Full case name: Owen v. City of Independence, Missouri et al. Citations: 445 U.S. 622
Holding
Court membership
Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger Associate Justices: William J. Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens
Case opinions
Majority by: Brennan Joined by: White, Marshall, Blackmun, and Stevens Dissent by: Powell Joined by: Burger, Stewart and Rehnquist

Owen v. City of Independence, 445 U.S. 622 (1980) was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court, in which the court held that a municipality has no immunity from liability under Section 1983 flowing from its constitutional violations and may not assert the good faith of its officers as a defense to such liability.

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 445