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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 43 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 Garcia v. Does 1-40.

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1 Garcia v. Does 1-40 Anchor
ca2 · 2014
green “qualified immunity protects public officials from liability for civil damages when one of two conditions is satisfied: (a) the defendant's action did not violate clearly established law, or (b) it was objectively reasonable for the defendant to believe that his action did not vi…” 31
2 Almighty Supreme Born Allah v. Milling
ca2 · 2017
green “a government official's conduct violates clearly established law when, at the time of the challenged conduct, the contours of a right are sufficiently clear that every reasonable official would have understood that what he is doing violates that right.” 12

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