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Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. Brown

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Good law
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Citation
520 U.S. 397
Decided
Confirmed treatments
0
Flagged citations read
130 of 130
Citing cases (total)
7,019
Good law
Every flagged citation to this case has been read, and none of them overrules, limits, or questions it. Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. Brown remains good law: all 130 flagged citations have been read, and none adversely treated it. Truth v. Kent School District found that Brown did not address whether municipal-policy requirements apply to claims seeking only prospective relief, then followed controlling circuit law.
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7,019 later cases cite Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. Brown; 130 of those citations sat close to treatment language and were flagged for reading, and all of them have been read. Citations that did not sit near treatment language were not flagged and were not read one by one, so a court that weakened this case without using any of that language would not appear here.

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