Justice Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court. The question presented is whether § 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, Rev. Stat. § 1979, 42 U. S. C. § 1988 , provides a remedy for a municipal employee who is fatally injured in the course of his employment because the city customarily failed to train or warn its employe…
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