6 Maryland opinions name it 2 courts 1973–2024 3 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Maryland 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 |
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District of Columbia v. Wesbygreen2 sentences2024The Supreme Court has held that the doctrine of qualified immunity “gives government officials breathing room to make reasonable but mistaken judgments, and protects all but the plainly incompetent or those who knowingly violate the law.” -9- Carroll v. Carman, 574 U.S. 13 , 17 (2014) (per curiam) (cleaned up) . “[O]fficers are entitled to qualified immunity under § 1983 unless (1) they violated a federal statutory or constitutional right, and (2) the unlawfulness of their conduct was clearly established at the time.” District of Columbia v. Wesby, 583 U.S. 48, 62-63 (2018) (cleaned up). “‘Cle 2024The Supreme Court has held that the doctrine of qualified immunity “gives government officials breathing room to make reasonable but mistaken judgments, and protects all but the plainly incompetent or those who knowingly violate the law.” -9- Carroll v. Carman, 574 U.S. 13 , 17 (2014) (per curiam) (cleaned up) . “[O]fficers are entitled to qualified immunity under § 1983 unless (1) they violated a federal statutory or constitutional right, and (2) the unlawfulness of their conduct was clearly established at the time.” District of Columbia v. Wesby, 583 U.S. 48, 62-63 (2018) (cleaned up). “‘Cle | 3 | 3 |
Orrison v. Vancegreen2 sentences1973See Orrison v. Vance, 262 Md. 285, 295 , 277 A.2d 573, 578 (1971), holding that all relevant circumstances are admissible in determining the existence of actual malice sufficient to defeat the conditional privilege. 1973See Orrison v. Vance, 262 Md. 285, 295 , 277 A.2d 573, 578 (1971), holding that all relevant circumstances are admissible in determining the existence of actual malice sufficient to defeat the conditional privilege. | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
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| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Maryland. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
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Town of Port Deposit v. Petetit
green
2 sentences1998In that circumstance, the issue of qualified immunity is not “collateral,” within the meaning of the collateral order doctrine: ‘When ... resolution of the immunity defense depends upon disputed factual issues, or upon mixed questions of fact and law, an immediate appeal will not lie, and review of the qualified immunity *487 determination will have to await the trial court’s resolution of the factual questions.” Port Deposit v. Petetit, 113 Md.App. 401, 414 , 688 A.2d 54 (1997). 1998In that circumstance, the issue of qualified immunity is not “collateral,” within the meaning of the collateral order doctrine: ‘When ... resolution of the immunity defense depends upon disputed factual issues, or upon mixed questions of fact and law, an immediate appeal will not lie, and review of the qualified immunity *487 determination will have to await the trial court’s resolution of the factual questions.” Port Deposit v. Petetit, 113 Md.App. 401, 414 , 688 A.2d 54 (1997). | 1 | 1998–1998 |
Harlow v. Fitzgerald
green
2 sentences1998Appellee began the trial “shielded from liability for civil damages insofar as [her] conduct [did] not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818 , 102 S.Ct. 2727, 2738 , 73 L.Ed.2d 396 (1982). 1998Appellee began the trial “shielded from liability for civil damages insofar as [her] conduct [did] not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818 , 102 S.Ct. 2727, 2738 , 73 L.Ed.2d 396 (1982). | 1 | 1998–1998 |
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.