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5 Massachusetts opinions name it 3 courts 2004–2021 1 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Massachusetts courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Harlow v. Fitzgeraldgreen2 sentences2006The doctrine of qualified immunity shields government officials, performing discretionary tasks, from liability for civil damages under both Federal and State law, Duarte v. Healy, 405 Mass. 43, 47 (1989), “insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” Shedlock v. Department of Correction, 442 Mass. 844, 859 (2004), quoting Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818 (1982). 2004The doctrine of qualified immunity shields government officials, in the course of performing discretionary tasks, from liability for civil damages “insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818 (1982). | 4 | 4 |
Shedlock v. Department of Correctiongreen2 sentences2006The doctrine of qualified immunity shields government officials, performing discretionary tasks, from liability for civil damages under both Federal and State law, Duarte v. Healy, 405 Mass. 43, 47 (1989), “insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” Shedlock v. Department of Correction, 442 Mass. 844, 859 (2004), quoting Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818 (1982). 2005Shedlock v. Department of Correction, 442 Mass. 844, 859 (2004), quoting Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818 (1982), and Anderson v. Creighton, 483 U.S. 635, 640 (1987), and citing Siegert v. Gilley, 500 U.S. 226, 232 (1991) (right must be clearly established “at the time the defendant acted” to overcome defense of qualified immunity). | 2 | 2 |
Ahmad v. Department of Correctiongreen1 sentence2021"The doctrine of qualified immunity shields government officials, performing discretionary tasks, from liability for civil damages . . . insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known." Earielo, 98 Mass. App. Ct. at 115, quoting Ahmad v. Department of Correction, 446 Mass. 479, 484 (2006). | 1 | 1 |
Duarte v. Healygreen1 sentence2006The doctrine of qualified immunity shields government officials, performing discretionary tasks, from liability for civil damages under both Federal and State law, Duarte v. Healy, 405 Mass. 43, 47 (1989), “insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” Shedlock v. Department of Correction, 442 Mass. 844, 859 (2004), quoting Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818 (1982). | 1 | 1 |
Siegert v. Gilleygreen1 sentence2005Shedlock v. Department of Correction, 442 Mass. 844, 859 (2004), quoting Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818 (1982), and Anderson v. Creighton, 483 U.S. 635, 640 (1987), and citing Siegert v. Gilley, 500 U.S. 226, 232 (1991) (right must be clearly established “at the time the defendant acted” to overcome defense of qualified immunity). | 1 | 1 |
Febus-Rodriguez v. Betancourt-Lebrongreen1 sentence2004“On a motion for summary judgment, ‘the relevant question is whether a reasonable official could have believed his actions were lawful in light of clearly established law and the information the official possessed at the time of his allegedly unlawful conduct.’ ” FebusRodriguez v. Betancourt-Lebron, 14 F.3d 87, 91 (1st Cir. 1994), quoting McBride v. Taylor, 924 F.2d 386, 389 (1st Cir. 1991). | 1 | 1 |
Patrick F. McBride and Sonya S. McBride v. Steven H. Taylor and Dwight A. Sewallgreen1 sentence2004“On a motion for summary judgment, ‘the relevant question is whether a reasonable official could have believed his actions were lawful in light of clearly established law and the information the official possessed at the time of his allegedly unlawful conduct.’ ” FebusRodriguez v. Betancourt-Lebron, 14 F.3d 87, 91 (1st Cir. 1994), quoting McBride v. Taylor, 924 F.2d 386, 389 (1st Cir. 1991). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Anderson v. Creighton
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1 sentence2005Shedlock v. Department of Correction, 442 Mass. 844, 859 (2004), quoting Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818 (1982), and Anderson v. Creighton, 483 U.S. 635, 640 (1987), and citing Siegert v. Gilley, 500 U.S. 226, 232 (1991) (right must be clearly established “at the time the defendant acted” to overcome defense of qualified immunity). | 1 | 2005–2005 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.