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Crawford-el Vs. Britton

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Dec 01, 1997

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  5. Wyatt Vs. Cole US Supreme Court · May 18, 1992
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  7. Harlow Vs. Fitzgerald US Supreme Court · Jun 24, 1982
  8. Gomez Vs. Toledo US Supreme Court · May 27, 1980
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  11. Butz Vs. Economou US Supreme Court · Jun 29, 1978
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  14. U.S. 574 (1997) October Term, 1997 Syllabus Crawford-El V. Britton
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  15. motive case, a plaintiff must establish motive by clear and convincing evidence, and that the reasoning in Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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  16. U. S., at 818, and eliminated the subjective standard, put forth in Wood v. Strickland
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  17. invitations to revise established rules that are separate from the qualified immunity defense. See, e. g., Gomez v. Toledo
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  18. H. Sorrell of Vermont, Richard Cullen of Virginia, Julio A. Brady of the Virgin Islands, Darrell V. McGraw
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  19. contours of the pleading standard had been clarified in a decision announced while the case was on appeal, see Hunter v. District
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  20. See Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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  21. Elliott v. Thomas
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  22. qualified immunity, are there any circumstances, apart from national security issues of the sort at stake in Halperin v. Kissinger
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  23. C. Metropolitan Police Department, 812 F.2d 1425 , 1435 (CADC 1987), and Siegert V. Gilley
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  24. unconstitutional-motive cases are required by the reasoning in this Court's opinion in Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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  25. importance of both the underlying issue and a correct understanding of the relationship between our holding in Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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  26. of plaintiffs bringing damages actions against any government official, whether federal, state, or local. See Butz v. Econo
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  27. and the reasoning that supports that holding. We shall, therefore, begin by explaining why our hold- 6 Washington v. Davis
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  28. Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney
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  29. U. S. 256 ,274 (1979) (gender). 7 Farmer v. Brennan
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  30. U. S. 825 , 835-840 (1994). 8 Branti v. Finkel
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  31. U. S. 507 , 513-517 (1980). 9 E. g., Pickering v. Board
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  32. were reviewed in this Court, we considered the defendants' claims to immunity in two separate opinions. In Nixon v. Fitzgerald
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  33. from damages liability predicated on conduct within the scope of his official duties. Id., at 749. In Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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  34. immunity standard was informed by three propositions that had been established by earlier cases. First, in Gomez v. Toledo
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  35. Second, in Butz v. Economou
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  36. Third, in Scheuer v. Rhodes
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  37. id., at 249-250. The actual scope of the defense had been the subject of debate within the Court in Wood v. Strickland
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  38. demanded for the receipt of a government-provided benefit. See Perry v. Sindermann
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  39. defense. See 93 F. 3d, at 815, 838. Such a rule is not required by the holding in Harlow. 11 See Siegert v. Gilley
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  40. in the unflinching discharge of their duties.' Gregoire v. Biddle
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  41. Harlow, 457 U. S., at 814. 13 Our opinion in Scheuer v. Rhodes
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  42. a sufficient reason for the immunity defense, and thus does not justify its extension to private parties. Wyatt v. Cole
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  43. that would have provided the basis for rebutting a qualified immunity defense under Wood v. Strickland
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  44. specific, such as an intent to disadvantage all members of a class that includes the plaintiff, see, e. g., Washington v. Davis
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  45. conduct (for instance, whether a plaintiff's speech was on a matter of public concern). See generally Anderson v. Creighton
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  46. that it would have reached the same decision in the absence of the protected conduct. Mt. Healthy City Bd. of Ed. v. Doyle
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  47. be necessary before the district court can resolve a motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. Anderson v. Creighton
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  48. see also Mitchell v. Forsyth
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  49. U. S., at 639640, or requiring pleadings of heightened specificity in cases alleging municipal liability, Leatherman v. Tarrant
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  50. policies behind the immunity defense justify interlocutory appeals on questions of evidentiary sufficiency. Johnson v. Jones
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