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Behrens Vs. Pelletier

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Feb 21, 1996

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  1. Harlow Vs. Fitzgerald US Supreme Court · Jun 24, 1982
  2. Mitchell Vs. Forsyth US Supreme Court · Jun 19, 1985
  3. Davis Vs. Scherer US Supreme Court · Jun 28, 1984
  4. Procunier Vs. Navarette US Supreme Court · Feb 22, 1978
  5. U.S. 299 (1996) October Term, 1995 Syllabus Behrens V. Pelletier
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  6. Respondent filed this suit, seeking, inter alia, damages for alleged constitutional wrongs under Bivens v. Six
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  7. and Cohen v. Beneficial
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  8. of summary judgment. Pp. 305-314. (a) The Ninth Circuit's one-interlocutory-appeal rule is rejected. In Mitchell v. Forsyth
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  9. petitioner would nonetheless be required to endure discovery and trial on other matters, and (2) that, under Johnson v. Jones
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  10. as amicus curiae urging reversal. 301 JUSTICE SCALIA delivered the opinion of the Court. In Mitchell v. Forsyth
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  11. defendant in a complaint that included Bivens damages claims for two alleged constitutional wrongs. See Bivens v. Six
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  12. Pelletier v. Federal
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  13. a denial of qualified immunity is an appealable 'final' order under the test set forth in Cohen v. Beneficial
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  14. Cohen v. Beneficial
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  15. Ibid. See also Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority v. Metcalf
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  16. Eddy, Inc., 506 U. S. 139 , 142-145 (1993) (citing Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay
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  17. of qualified immunity come within the Cohen category of appealable decisions. As set forth in Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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  18. id., at 818 (citing Procunier v. Navarette
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  19. Abney v. United
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  20. Mitchell, supra, at 530. See also Johnson v. Jones
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  21. Kaiter v. Boxford
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  22. final decision.''' Id., at 530. 4 We are aware of only five reported cases-Mitchell itself, Nelson v. Silverman
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  23. F.2d 417 (CA9 1993), Abel v. Miller
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  24. F.2d 394 (CA7 1990), Francis v. Coughlin
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  25. summary disposition of the appeal, and thereby minimizes disruption of the ongoing proceedings. See, e. g., Chum an v. Wright
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  26. Yates v. Cleveland
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  27. Stewart v. Donges
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  28. Apostol v. Gallion
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  29. Carroll v. United
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  30. States, 354 U. S. 394 , 405 (1957). See also Digital Equipment Corp. v. Desktop
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  31. This, he contends, renders the denial unappealable under last Term's decision in Johnson v. Jones
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  32. a determination that there are controverted issues of material fact, see Fed. Rule Civ. Proc. 5 See, e. g., McLaurin v. Morton
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  33. Green v. Brantley
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  34. Di Martini v. Ferrin
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  35. Young v. Lynch
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  36. De Vargas v. Mason
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  37. Musso v. Hourigan
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  38. Scott v. Lacy
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  39. De Abadia v. Izquierdo
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  40. Tubbesing v. Arnold
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  41. F.2d 401 , 403-404 (CA8 1984). Only the Third Circuit holds otherwise. See Prisco v. United
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  42. Cobbledick v. United
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  43. See Cohen v. Beneficial
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  44. Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay
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  45. will not likely force an appellate court to consider the same (or quite similar) questions more than once. Johnson v. Jones
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  46. Midland Asphalt Corp. v. United
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  47. Syllabus Behrens V. Pelletier
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  48. Bivens v. Six
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  49. In Mitchell v. Forsyth
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  50. Johnson v. Jones
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