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Los Angeles County v. Humphries 562 U.S. ___ (2010) is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that clarified one of the requirements for imposing liability on a municipality for violations of a federal right in lawsuits brought under Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1983).The Court had previously ruled in Monell v. Department of Social Services of the City of New York 436 U.S.