Topic: a public official is not entitled to qualified immunity whe… · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 13 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 David N. OSOLINSKI, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lt. KANE, Et Al., Defendants-Appellants.

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1 David N. OSOLINSKI, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lt. KANE, Et Al., Defendants-Appellants Anchor
ca9 · 1996
green “a public official is not entitled to qualified immunity when the contours of the allegedly violated right were sufficiently clear that a reasonable official would understand that what he was doing violated that right.” 8
2 Lawny Lamar Browning v. Richard A. Vernon, Director Ron McKinsey
ca9 · 1995
green “requires a two-part inquiry: (1) was the law governing the state official's conduct clearly established? (2) under that law could a reasonable state official have believed his conduct was lawful?” 5

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