Randolph County v. Alabama Power Company
RANDOLPH COUNTY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALABAMA POWER COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
Opinion
PER CURIAM.
IT IS ORDERED as follows:
On its own motion the court makes the following change in its slip opinion dated March 18, 1986. On page 2435 of the slip opinion, at page 1072-73 of 784 F.2d, delete the entire portion beginning with the words “The fact that public entities” through the sentence “We need add nothing more,” and substitute the following therefor:
Although Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 , 98 S.Ct. 2018 , 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978), undercut the rationale of Birchfield that a municipality cannot sue under section 1983 because Monroe v. Pape, 365 U.S. 167 , 81 S.Ct. 473 , 5 L.Ed.2d 492 (1961), held that it could not be sued, we have subsequent to *426 Monell continued to hold that a municipality has no cause of action under section 1983.
Appling County v. Municipal Electric Authority, 621 F.2d 1301 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 1015 , 101 S.Ct. 574 , 66 L.Ed.2d 474 (1980).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the petition for rehearing and suggestion for rehearing en banc filed by Randolph County is DENIED.
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(stating that "we have subsequent to Monell continued to hold that a municipality has no cause of action under section 1983")
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