sentences:  Monell v. Department of Social Services of the City of New York
  
  Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 (1978), is an opinion given by the United States Supreme Court in which the Court overruled "Monroe v. Pape" in holding that a local government is a "person" subject to suit under Section 1983 of Title 42 of the United States Code