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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 19 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Tiffany Thomas v. Clayton County Bd. of Education.

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1 Tiffany Thomas v. Clayton County Bd. of Education Anchor
ca11 · 2001
yellow “complete protection for government officials sued in their individual capacities as long as 'their conduct violates no clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” 12
2 GJR Investments v. Cty. of Escambia
ca11 · 1998
red “important for a court to ascertain the validity of a qualified immunity defense as early in the lawsuit as possible.” 7

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