California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Merry v. Coast Community College Dist., 158 Cal.Rptr. 603, 97 Cal.App.3d 214 (Cal. App. 1979):
1 In 1978 the United States Supreme Court decided Monell v. New York City Dept. of Soc. Serv., 436 U.S. 658, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 holding that local public entities are not immune from liability under the Civil Rights Act.
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