City of Canton v. Harris, 489 U.S. 378 (1989)

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Section 1983 case United States Supreme Court case civil rights case municipal liability case

City of Canton v. Harris, 489 U.S. 378 (1989), is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that established when municipalities can be held liable under § 1983 for constitutional violations resulting from inadequate police training, adopting a “deliberate indifference” standard.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
City of Canton v. Harris, 489 U.S. 378 (1989) canonical	2
City of Canton, Ohio v. Geraldine Harris	1
The case involved a detainee, Geraldine Harris, who alleged that the City of Canton failed to provide adequate medical attention due to inadequate police training.	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Section 1983 case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ civil rights case ⓘ municipal liability case ⓘ
appliesTo	municipalities ⓘ police departments ⓘ training policies for law enforcement officers ⓘ
areaOfLaw	civil rights law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ local government law ⓘ
arguedDate	1988-11-07 ⓘ
citation	489 U.S. 378 ⓘ
citationStyle	City of Canton v. Harris, 489 U.S. 378 (1989) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
clarifies	Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 (1978) ⓘ surface form: Monell v. Department of Social Services
concurrenceBy	Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ surface form: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Antonin Scalia ⓘ surface form: Justice Antonin Scalia
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1989-02-28 ⓘ
docketNumber	86-1088 ⓘ
factSummary	City of Canton v. Harris, 489 U.S. 378 (1989) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The case involved a detainee, Geraldine Harris, who alleged that the City of Canton failed to provide adequate medical attention due to inadequate police training.
fullName	City of Canton v. Harris, 489 U.S. 378 (1989) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: City of Canton, Ohio v. Geraldine Harris
holding	A municipality can be liable under § 1983 for constitutional violations resulting from its failure to train employees only where the failure amounts to deliberate indifference to the rights of persons with whom the employees come into contact. ⓘ
importance	Landmark decision defining when inadequate police training can give rise to municipal liability under § 1983. ⓘ
joinedByInMajority	William H. Rehnquist ⓘ surface form: Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist Antonin Scalia ⓘ surface form: Justice Antonin Scalia Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ surface form: Justice Harry A. Blackmun John Paul Stevens ⓘ surface form: Justice John Paul Stevens Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ surface form: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Thurgood Marshall ⓘ surface form: Justice Thurgood Marshall William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ surface form: Justice William J. Brennan Jr.
jurisdiction	federal question jurisdiction ⓘ
keyConcept	failure-to-train liability ⓘ policy or custom requirement for municipal liability ⓘ
languageOfOpinion	English ⓘ
legalIssue	Fourteenth Amendment due process rights ⓘ failure to train police officers ⓘ municipal liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Byron R. White ⓘ surface form: Justice Byron R. White
page	378 ⓘ
priorHistory	Harris v. City of Canton, 725 F.2d 371 (6th Cir. 1984) ⓘ
reporter	United States Reports ⓘ
requiresShowing	that the need for more or different training is so obvious, and the inadequacy so likely to result in constitutional violations, that policymakers can reasonably be said to have been deliberately indifferent. ⓘ
result	Judgment of the Court of Appeals vacated and case remanded. ⓘ
standardEstablished	deliberate indifference ⓘ
statuteInterpreted	42 U.S.C. § 1983 ⓘ
subsequentHistory	Remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ
volume	489 ⓘ

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42 U.S.C. § 1983 → interpretedBy → City of Canton v. Harris, 489 U.S. 378 (1989) ⓘ

City of Canton v. Harris, 489 U.S. 378 (1989) → fullName → City of Canton v. Harris, 489 U.S. 378 (1989) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: City of Canton v. Harris

this entity surface form: City of Canton, Ohio v. Geraldine Harris

City of Canton v. Harris, 489 U.S. 378 (1989) → factSummary → City of Canton v. Harris, 489 U.S. 378 (1989) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: City of Canton v. Harris

this entity surface form: The case involved a detainee, Geraldine Harris, who alleged that the City of Canton failed to provide adequate medical attention due to inadequate police training.

City of Canton v. Harris, 489 U.S. 378 (1989) → citationStyle → City of Canton v. Harris, 489 U.S. 378 (1989) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: City of Canton v. Harris