520 U.S. 397 (1997) Cited 12,253 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that a "high degree of predictability may also support an inference of causation—that the municipality's indifference led directly to the very consequence that was so predictable"
Holding that corporations can only be held liable with evidence that there was "a relevant [corporate] policy or custom, and that the policy caused the [alleged] constitutional violation"
Holding that a reasonable jury could infer from testimony of police officer about system for issuing warrants that system was the product of a decisionmaker
Holding that an employee's request to be transferred away from co-workers who caused him stress was unreasonable as a matter of law because he failed to make a prima facie showing that his proposed accommodation was possible
Holding that a gap of "nearly three months" between an employee's protected activity and an employer's adverse employment action does not provide an inference of causation