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Richardson Vs. Mcknight

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 23, 1997

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  15. U.S. 399 (1997) October Term, 1996 Syllabus Richardson Et Al. V. Mcknight
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  16. violation. Pp. 402-414. (a) Four aspects of Wyatt v. Cole
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  17. enjoyed a kind of immunity defense arising out of their status as public employees at common law, see Pro cunier v. Navarette
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  18. lawsuits, see Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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  19. from suit. It therefore denied the guards' motion to dismiss. The guards appealed to the Sixth Circuit. See Mitchell v. Forsyth
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  20. see also Johnson v. Jones
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  21. U. S. 299 (1996). That court also ruled against them. McKnight v. Rees
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  22. sector defendants are entitled to immunities of the sort the law provides governmental defendants. See, e. g., Eagon v. Elk
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  23. Williams v. O'Leary
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  25. We granted certiorari to review this holding. We now affirm. II A We take the Court's recent case, Wyatt v. Cole
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  26. and to provide related relief. Id., at 161 (emphasis added) (citing Carey v. Piphus
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  27. see also Owen v. Independence
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  28. see also Lugar v. Edmondson
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  29. that after Harlow, supra, and this Court's reformulation of the qualified immunity doctrine, see Anderson v. Creighton
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  30. id., at 163 (quoting Imbler v. Pachtman
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  31. U. S., at 164 (quoting Owen v. Independence
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  32. see also Newport v. Fact
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  33. have enjoyed a kind of immunity defense arising out of their status as public employees at common law. See Procunier v. Navarette
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  34. in prison leasing States with remedies against mistreatment by those private lessors. See, e. g., Dade Coal Co. v. Haslett
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  39. see also Edwards v. Pocahontas
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  41. that the law gave purely private companies or their employees any special immunity from such suits. Cf. Almango v. Board
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  42. contractor designated state instrumentality by statute). The case on which the dissent rests its argument, Williams v. Adams
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  43. cf. Tower v. Glover
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  44. out these functions. History therefore does not provide significant support for the immunity claim. Cf. Briscoe v. LaHue
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  45. public officials, Harlow, 457 U. S., at 814 (quoting Gregoire v. Biddle
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  46. but only to decide which type of immunity-absolute or qualified-a public officer should receive. See, e. g., Buckley v. Fitzsimmons
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  47. Burns v. Reed
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  48. case. Cf. Forrester v. White
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  49. liability, it is for the District Court to determine whether, under this Court's decision in Lugar v. Edmondson
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  50. liability under Lugar v. Edmondson
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