What is the test for establishing "final policy-making authority" in a municipal context?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Grizzle v. Cnty. of San Diego, Case No.: 17-CV-813-JLS (PCL) (S.D. Cal. 2018):
Final policy-making authority can be established "only where the decisionmaker possesses final authority to establish municipal policy with respect to the action ordered." Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati, 475 U.S. 469, 481 (1986). The decision maker must be "responsible for establishing final government policy respecting such activity before the
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