MATURO ET AL.

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (26 total)

• Lolita Parker v. Williams, 862 F.2d 1471 (11th Cir. 1989)
  …in the personnel matters at issue here, Gray was wearing his county hat.”). One official may exercise county authority over some matters and state authority over other matters. For example, in Crane v. Texas, 766 F. 2d 193 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1020, 106 S.Ct. 570, 88 L.Ed.2d 555 (1985), the Fifth Circuit held a county liable for actions of a state district attorney. The court noted that a Texas district attorney has the attributes of both a state official and a county official. The court foun…
• United States v. Boylan, 898 F.2d 230 (1st Cir. 1990)
  …tions between payors who are galvanized by defendant’s public office and those who are galvanized by some overt misuse of that office. See, e.g., Spitler, 800 F. 2d at 1274-75; United States v. Blackwood, 768 F. 2d 131, 137 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1020, 106 S.Ct. 569, 88 L.Ed.2d 554 (1985); United States v. Butler, 618 F. 2d 411, 418 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 447 U.S. 927, 100 S.Ct. 3024, 65 L.Ed.2d 1121 (1980); cf. United States v. McKenna, 889 F. 2d 1168, 1174 (1st Cir.1989) (“under color” langu…
• McMILLIAN v. W.E. Johnson, 88 F.3d 1573 (11th Cir. 1996)
  …uit seems to view an officer's election by county voters as a significant, if not dispositive, factor in holding counties liable for the officer’s actions under § 1983. E.g., Id.; Crane v. State of Texas, 766 F. 2d 193, 195 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1020, 106 S.Ct. 570, 88 L.Ed.2d 555 (1985). But see Keathley v. Vitale, 866 F.Supp. 272, 276 (E.D.Va.1994) (holding that election is not sufficient basis to attribute sheriff's acts to city). As we have explained, we do not view a sheriff's election…