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Alabama: Deputy Sheriffs Immune from Suit for Damages
The Alabama Supreme Court has held that deputy sheriffs, like sheriffs, are constitutional officers who, by virtue of the doctrine of state immunity, cannot be sued for monetary damages in their individual capacity when the acts that form the basis of the alleged liability were being performed within the line ...
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