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Harlow Vs. Fitzgerald

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 24, 1982

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  2. Pierson Vs. Ray US Supreme Court · Apr 11, 1967
  3. Doe Vs. Mcmillan US Supreme Court · May 29, 1973
  4. Stump Vs. Sparkman US Supreme Court · Mar 28, 1978
  5. Nixon Vs. Fitzgerald US Supreme Court · Jun 24, 1982
  6. Butz Vs. Economou US Supreme Court · Jun 29, 1978
  7. Scheuer Vs. Rhodes US Supreme Court · Apr 17, 1974
  8. Spalding Vs. Vilas US Supreme Court · Mar 02, 1896
  9. Gomez Vs. Toledo US Supreme Court · May 27, 1980
  10. U.S. 800 (1982) U.S. Supreme Court Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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  11. U.S. 800 (1982) Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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  12. in the same alleged conspiracy to violate respondent's constitutional and statutory rights as was involved in Nixon v. Fitzgerald
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  13. damages -- including certain officials of the Executive Branch, such as prosecutors and similar officials, see Butz v. Economou
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  14. U. S. 478 , and the President, Nixon v. Fitzgerald
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  15. discretion and the related public interest in encouraging the vigorous exercise of official authority. Scheuer v. Rhodes
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  16. for Presidential aides. Cf. Butz, supra. Pp. 457 U. S. 808 -813. (a) The rationale of Gravel v. United
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  17. House aides to former President Richard M. Nixon. As the alleged conspiracy is the same as that involved in Nixon v. Fitzgerald
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  18. In denying the motion, the District Court upheld the legal sufficiency of Fitzgerald's Bivens (Bivens v. Six
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  19. II As we reiterated today in Nixon v. Fitzgerald
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  20. The absolute immunity of legislators, in their legislative functions, see, e.g., Eastland v. United
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  21. States Servicemen's Fund, 421 U. S. 491 (1975), and of judges, in their judicial functions, see, e.g., Stump v. Sparkman
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  22. immunity to certain officials of the Executive Branch. These include prosecutors and similar officials, see Butz v. Economou
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  23. in adjudicative functions, id. at 438 U. S. 513 -517, and the President of the United States, see Nixon v. Fitzgerald
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  24. executive officials in general, however, our cases make plain that qualified immunity represents the norm. In Scheuer v. Rhodes
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  25. the requisite protection from qualified or good faith immunity. Id. at 416 U. S. 247 -248. In Butz v. Economou
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  26. immunity from private lawsuits alleging constitutional violations -- consequences found sufficient in Spalding v. Vilas
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  27. U. S. 483 (1896), and Barr v. Matteo
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  28. Id. at 438 U. S. 506 . This we reaffirmed today in Nixon v. Fitzgerald
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  29. an incident of their offices as Presidential aides. In deciding this claim, we do not write on an empty page. In Butz v. Economou
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  30. B In disputing the controlling authority of Butz, petitioners rely on the principles developed in Gravel v. United
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  31. U.S. at 408 U. S. 625 . See Hutchinson v. Proxmire
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  32. office, an action for damages may offer the only realistic avenue for vindication of constitutional guarantees. Butz v. Economou
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  33. Bivens v. Six
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  34. Gregoire v. Biddle
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  35. Hanrahan v. Hampton
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  36. immunity is an affirmative defense that must be pleaded by a defendant official. Gomez v. Toledo
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  37. clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known. See Procunier v. Navarette
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  38. with the record so far developed, and also is better situated to make any such further findings as may be necessary. v. The
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  39. Id. at 99a-100a, 180a-181a. This memorandum, quoted in Nixon v. Fitzgerald
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  40. in Support of Summary Judgment, supra, at 26. The history of Fitzgerad's litigation is recounted in Nixon v. Fitzgerald
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  41. As in Nixon v. Fitzgerald
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  42. immunity provided to United States Senators and Representatives under the Speech and Debate Clause. See Eastland v. United
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  43. s administration without reference to the functions that particular officeholders are assigned by the President. Butz v. Economou
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  44. Supreme Court of Virginia v. Consumers
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  45. In Imbler v. Pachtman
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  46. have ruled that prosecutors do not enjoy absolute immunity for acts taken in those capacities. See, e.g., Mancini v. Lester
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  47. Forsyth v. Kleindienst
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  48. in extending absolute immunity to executive officials when they are engaged in quasi-prosecutorial functions. See Butz v. Economou
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  49. Our decision today in Nixon v. Fitzgerald
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  50. Cf. United States v. Nixon
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