Does a municipality have to indemnify its officials against a lawsuit?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from In re City of San Bernardino, 566 B.R. 46 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 2017):
Sinclair v. Arnebergh , 224 Cal.App.2d 595, 599, 36 Cal.Rptr. 810 (1964) (internal citations omitted); see also Monell v. Dep't of Soc. Servs. , 436 U.S. 658, 713 n.9, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978) (Powell, J., concurring) (finding that the policy of municipalities to indemnify officials sued for conduct within the scope of their authority "furthers the important interest of attracting and retaining competent officers, board members, and employees.").
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